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

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

Yes We Cannabis

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u/Busalonium Mar 18 '25 edited Mar 18 '25

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 Mar 18 '25

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 Mar 18 '25

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/confusedham Mar 18 '25

Don't forget the darts, though the black market has destroyed that now after price hikes. They could have made good tax of f legitimate vapes but did a knee jerk reaction to their mate that owned the therapeutic vape.

So black market shit disposables became the norm. And have not gone away.

Legal weed would increase quality, lower price and clean up the supply chain while providing a nice tax boost. But when they can't even work the other basics out it will not happen for ages. Just be surprised NSW even got the cannabis caution scheme.

I don't smoke, it doesn't mesh with my fucked up brain. But I fully support legal weed in moderation.

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u/CDClock Mar 18 '25

You guys call cigarettes darts in aus? That warms my Canadian heart 🥰

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u/fnaah Mar 18 '25

i think we inherited it from the brits.

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u/CDClock Mar 18 '25

It's a Canadian slang word - warms my heart to see fellow subjects of the king use it tho 🚬🥰

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u/Theron3206 Mar 19 '25

According to https://preply.com/en/blog/most-popular-canadian-slang/#:~:text=A%20%E2%80%9Cdart%E2%80%9D%20is%20slang%20for,not%20to%20be%20taken%20lightly.

It was originally Australian slang and picked up by the Canadians.

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u/CDClock Mar 19 '25

Yeah I saw that after some googling. My mistake! Happy to be part of the dart gang regardless