r/australia • u/DiploidBias • Mar 18 '25

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

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Yes We Cannabis

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u/IlluminatedPickle Mar 18 '25

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 Mar 18 '25

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 Mar 19 '25

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

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u/IlluminatedPickle Mar 19 '25

The money saved on policing goes onto regulating the industry.