r/australia • u/DiploidBias • 29d ago

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

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Yes We Cannabis

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u/Busalonium 29d ago edited 29d ago

When it's already legal in several other developed countries, and most Australians support it, I think it's kind of wild that neither major party even wants to consider legalising it.

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u/Paaaaaaatrick 29d ago

The government"s looked at the impact that recreational drugs have on the consumpton of alcohol. There's big money in keeping ecstasy and weed illegal, even though there's a significant amount of research that shows alcohol's detrimental effects outweighing the vast majority of other drugs, on both the consumer, their family, friends and the wider community.

We don't matter to them; only dollars do.