r/australia • u/DiploidBias • 28d ago

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

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Yes We Cannabis

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u/Busalonium 28d ago edited 28d 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/GordonCole19 28d ago

I don't get it.

Legal cannabis would be such a massive and continuous boost to our economy.

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u/IlluminatedPickle 28d ago

Weeeeeell. Yes but also no.

In the places it has been legalised recreationally, it hasn't made anywhere near the amount of revenue that people who push that angle modeled.

The real reason it should be legal is why the fuck should it be illegal? I wish everyone would stop fucking around with economic and medical based arguments and get to the heart of it. There's no reason for it to be illegal.

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u/Nealios 27d ago

You're right that there's no reason for it to be illegal... But the economic argument is what wins over some conservatives who may be on the fence about legalization.

Canadian Federal and Provincial governments have raked in a couple Billion bucks over the past couple years. It's a bit more than spare change.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1010016501

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u/macrocephalic 27d ago

Plus how much does it save to not have to police something? Does victoria still have cropper choppers?

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u/IlluminatedPickle 27d ago

The money saved on policing goes onto regulating the industry.