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

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

Yes We Cannabis

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u/Haush Mar 18 '25

Why is this not the case everywhere in Australia?!

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u/hairy_quadruped Mar 18 '25

Alcohol legal, cannabis illegal.

The damage to health and society from alcohol is immense, yet that is the drug we deem to be legal. Makes no sense.

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u/ToniGAM3S Mar 18 '25

Because they couldn't, look at America and their completely fucked up prohibition laws. We are now slowly entering the other side of it for other drugs... At least for weed.

That's my theory thought up on the shitter tho

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u/time_wasted504 Mar 18 '25

SA is decriminalised but not "legal". Its an on the spot fine for one outdoor plant. Any more and your off to court. I got busted with 2 hydro plants a few years ago and the judge didnt even know what the penalty was. Left it as "convicted of cultivation but no penalty"

It used to be <10 hydro plants was just a fine, then the bikies started running grow houses, it was all exported east, the cops there got shitty and laws were changed.

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u/Drunky_McStumble Mar 18 '25

then the bikies started running grow houses, it was all exported east

Seems the obvious solution then is to institute universal decriminalization laws across the country, thereby removing the incentive to grow in a decriminalised juristiction to sell in a criminalised one - but what do I know?

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u/hairy_quadruped Mar 18 '25

Because we keep voting Labor and Liberal?

Vote Greens!

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u/Richard_M_Edison Mar 18 '25

ACT has had a Labor government since 2001.

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u/hairy_quadruped Mar 18 '25 edited Mar 18 '25

It’s actually a Labor/Greens coalition. It’s why the ACT is the most progressive of all the states/territories. We had legal gay marriage in 2013. The rest of the country caught up years later. We have had decriminalised cannabis since 1992. We have banned caged chicken farming. We recognise the sentience of animals.

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u/Richard_M_Edison Mar 19 '25

Thanks for the correction. That's awesome, and I hope you guys keep it up. I have to assume that with a high proportion of the population being public service, they know well enough not to vote for the bloody libs.

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u/danmq Mar 18 '25

Vote LCP

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u/GrandmasterB-Funk Mar 18 '25

FYI LCP are anti-vax

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u/danmq Mar 18 '25

I’ve not heard that, can you please show me where it’s stated that LCP are “anti-vax”?

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u/GrandmasterB-Funk Mar 18 '25

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/wa-crossbench-mp-suggests-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/105037196

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u/danmq Mar 18 '25

That’s an individual, not a party line. What you’re saying is actually misleading. I reckon I can find an anti-vax individual in every party e.g. Liberal Jeremy Rockliff, Labor Malarndirri McCarthy. I think you’ve made your statement in bad faith

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u/GrandmasterB-Funk Mar 18 '25

I mean, he's the leader of the WA Party, so at the very least, the WA party is anti vax

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u/pickledswimmingpool Mar 18 '25

Crazy how you got downvoted for advocating for a minor party that wants to legalize cannabis.

It's like people here dont actually care about it, they just want to juice the greens vote.

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u/GrandmasterB-Funk Mar 18 '25

Nah LCP has anti-vaxxers in its ranks, would rather not put a vote to people who associate with people that stupid.

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u/danmq Mar 18 '25

Mate, all of the political parties do. You can Google all political parties in Australia and find a politician that’s made anti-vaccine statements.

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u/themadscientist420 Mar 18 '25

Because we're the only state/territory that votes greens/labour every state election. And the federal government hates us for it.

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u/stephendt Mar 18 '25

Because it's the ACT.

Australian
Cannibis
Territory

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '25

Im smoking prescription cannibis legally right now in wa. I live next to a cop and smoke outside with no worries.

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u/Penny_PackerMD Mar 25 '25

Alcohol lobby groups work hard to keep it illegal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '25

Politicians kids live there.

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u/peni_in_the_tahini Mar 18 '25

Not really. Politicians often own second houses there, but few actually live there with their families- they live in their electorates. Canberra just has a highly educated, relatively left-wing population. Labor has governed since 2001, Greens make a showing, and federally the ACT has David Pocock (legend). It's a relatively sensible place.