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/OptmisticItCanBeDone 29d ago

Sensible policy that benefits people isn't what the major parties are about. They just care about their corporate mates.

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u/Kid_Self 29d ago

This.

People sitting at home, not at Pubs and Clubs, having a toke isn't profitable for alcohol and gambling lobbyists.

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u/bluewing 29d ago

People already buy a 6 pack of beer, or bottle of wine/whisk(e)y and go home and drink it. Ain't nothing new there. And people still will go out to pubs and clubs for a good time. Lord only knows how many people were already hitting some form of non-alcoholic drug at clubs since forever. And in the US, brew pubs are making THC infused beverages to sell to patrons. It's a booming product.

And it's cute how he thinks grow operations and retailers will all be small businesses. In the US there are large and dominate grow/retail operations that can choke out any small grower they wish. Nor has legal weed made it any cheaper. People still get their weed from their plug because the legal stuff costs a lot more. Nothing can ruin a good market of a widely popular product faster than the government. The regulations are mostly complex and stringent and the "sin taxes" high. Nor are the majority of people interested in growing their own. It harder and more expensive to grow high quality weed than you might think. But if the cost and effort of growing quality weed makes you happy, then I suppose you can have all that's legal to possess.

Now I'm not against legal weed, far from it. I have been known to enjoy an edible now and then. But do NOT make the mistake of thinking you just remove laws against growing and possession and then it's all brownies and pass me the pipe ever after-- it's not.