What is it with the Greens and their obsession with marijuana?
Last year party leader Adam Bandt tweeted he would be proud of our school leavers if they “just smoke weed for a year or two”.
And just this week, NSW senator David Shoebridge warned Australia was falling behind the rest of the world by failing to legalise the stuff.
Only school leavers fully committed to following Mr Bandt’s gap year advice could take such a ridiculous assertion seriously.
Just seven countries have legalised cannabis, and that’s being generous - one of those is the US, where it is legal in only 19 states.
So really, it’s six countries and a bunch of Democrat states that have said yes to weed.
And even the Democrats are having doubts …
To read the whole article (and I would encourage you to. It rivals Shakespeare in terms of English prose) click here
I know that Cannabis is very useful for medical purposes. It really does help with severe pain and some neurological disorders. However just like any form of medication it has side affects. I found when using it regularly post cancer treatment that I suffered severe depression, very, very dark moods and paranoia. I was not smoking it but consuming it via edibles. To be frank, it messes with your brain. I don't use it any more and have adopted different ways of managing my pain. Legalising Cannabis will not be a good for the general population. I have observed the long term affects on others and it is as destructive at alcoholism. Another stupid idea from the greens.
It isn’t called Dope for nothing.