I have asked many people my age whether they support the decriminalization of recreational drugs like marijuana, ecstasy, mushrooms, and so on, and they almost universally do so. Of course, I may have taken a biased sample, but I still think that more young people support decriminalization than not.

Given this climate of opinion, what do you think will happen in the next fifty years to the current laws against the possession and sale of recreational drugs? Will the current generation of youth back off from its libertarian stance and come to support the status quo (criminalizing drug use) when it takes charge of politics, or will things change?

God willing.

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Well, marijuana might (in the US) as long as it provides long-term benefits & substantial profit - + GDP , taxes, etc, etc

Just a guess...

Definitely.

I know that here in AUS with weed (unless its an amount that your possession can be deemed as trafficking) the first time you get busted you get let off with nothing but a recemondation to some kind of drug clinic lol.

I know plenty of people who have been busted smoking up in car parks in their cars and nothing happened.

It won't be as simple as legalization, but I believe that responsible drug users will soon live in a country where they don't have to worry about being prosecuted.

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We have very strict laws on drugs here. But I've been busted for smoking twice (once with a blunt in my mouth at a party, and once smoking a bong in the park).

And once for possession (I had something like 5 grams of hash). Didn't even get a slap on the wrist. The boys in blue actually replied "too much paperwork over nothing, move along, sir."

That's a pretty promising start!

And decriminalization will probably not increase the amount of users dramatically, it'll only help get rid of crap hash that consists mainly of rubber and beewax lol, which will be replaced by green. That'll save a billion in health costs in the long run.


I just realized that my post probably didn't have anything to do with the question at hand, but I'm stoned and therefor hopefully excused, lol.

Last edited by bamski on Oct-31-2008 at 23:18

Yes, abolish hash. When in Europe, I couldn't even breath when my friends smoked that shit

Marijuana will be decriminalized. That's about it.

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Not where I live. Legalising recreational drugs is actually quite complicated, as you've got to convince drug dealers to pay taxes, among other things. Also, would you give want the state to give amnesty to all those imprisoned due to drug-related charges? Would you legalise all recreational drugs, or would crack remain forbidden? Where would you draw the new line? How would neighbouring countries/states react to that?

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I'd be quite satisfied with drawing the line at Mary's house

I'm afraid the whole "justice system" we've created (from an economic standpoint) will stand in the way of this. When I was a teen, if you got in trouble with the local police, they'd pick you up and call mom and dad unless you were just really, really showing your ass. A few short years later, it was all about 11-29 probation, pay for drug test, pay court costs, pay the probation officer, etc. It's like the military-industrial complex, only smaller for now.

I'd really like to know how the whole legalization process went down in the Netherlands.