Legalise cannabis oil?

[apelike 10]

By the way it is also legal in 5or6 US States.

 

Only under State law though, it still remains illegal under National or Federal law.

[Calahonda 11]

The thread is about legalising cannabis use and production, this must mean controlled production, pricing and distribution, does it not? It’s not about back garden greenhouses growing a few pots of weed or bath tubs full of gin. All the taxation revenue derived from legally produced cannabis could go to the NHS, sounds like a plan.

[Ghozer 112]

If you do grow it then you also have to notify HMRC and pay the appropriate duty even if it is for personal use.

 

Nope, you don't... you can grow for personal use, it's Bartering or selling tobacco products that is regulated and taxed.

[tinfoilhat 11]

An interesting assertion.

 

How is alcohol use strictly controlled?

How is production of alcohol at home strictly controlled?

How could something that is already legal be decriminalised?

 

I thought sales of alcohol required a licence. You have to be 18 to consume it, and you if sell it to someone who has too much, you could be in trouble.

 

That's a very different set of laws to a can of coke.

[hobinfoot 25]

Nothing wrong with using cannabis for medical problems. But to legalise it for recreational use I'm not sure. People I know who work with addicts say it's a gateway drug.

[Halibut 12]

Nothing wrong with using cannabis for medical problems. But to legalise it for recreational use I'm not sure. People I know who work with addicts say it's a gateway drug.

 

It's an old and deeply flawed argument, the real gateway drug is alcohol.

[ricgem2002 11]

just read a good book about an undercover officer who spent years bringing down these drug dealers and in the end resigned and now works for http://ukleap.org makes you wonder who the winners are

[Calahonda 11]

It's an old and deeply flawed argument, the real gateway drug is alcohol.

 

Not tobacco then, I’m surprised because there are many occasional drinkers, but very few occasional smokers.

[hobinfoot 25]

It's an old and deeply flawed argument, the real gateway drug is alcohol.

 

The people I'm talking about have worked for years with addicts. I'm not qualified to say if the argument is flawed or not. But they say cannabis is a gateway drug and I've no reason to doubt them. After all they work in the sector.

[Cyclone 10]

Nobody who actually studies patterns of drug addiction claims that cannabis is a gateway drug.

 

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I thought sales of alcohol required a licence. You have to be 18 to consume it, and you if sell it to someone who has too much, you could be in trouble.

 

That's a very different set of laws to a can of coke.

 

Yes, sales. That's specifically why I didn't mention selling it.

 

You don't have to be 18 to consume it at all, there's no minimum age.

 

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The thread is about legalising cannabis use and production, this must mean controlled production, pricing and distribution, does it not? It’s not about back garden greenhouses growing a few pots of weed or bath tubs full of gin. All the taxation revenue derived from legally produced cannabis could go to the NHS, sounds like a plan.

 

Controlled pricing? Not necessarily, market price could be left to itself, with an appropriate sales tax applied.

Sales and distribution could be controlled under existing tobacco regulations.

[Broakham 10]

 

You don't have to be 18 to consume it at all, there's no minimum age.

 

The minimum age is 5

[apelike 10]

Nope, you don't... you can grow for personal use, it's Bartering or selling tobacco products that is regulated and taxed.

 

Well according to this article you do:

 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/333088/Government-tax-on-tobacco-plants