Legalising marijuana for recreational use in Australia - panel discussion (2015) 

Full legalization eraticate the black market let the country profit

The concept of personal liberty is totally lost in Australia

over 3000 years of marijuana use... show me one death directly related to the use of it..

Wrong people for the debate and none of them no much about cannabis

The Australian government is too cowardly and conservative to legalize recreational cannabis. Only when it is legalized in the rest of the world will Australia follow. The so called harm effects of cannabis fall between coffee and a beer. The real harm of cannabis is the prohibition laws. Is ironic the two groups that want to maintain prohibition are the drug cartels and politicians.

what a ridiculously stacked panel. Typical of the Australian mainstream media .

i vote yes yes recreational use:-)

8 mins in and I realise it's channel 9. Murdock media bullshit, might as well be Australia's Fox news

I seriously doubt these people have actually tried marijuana. "Nobody is doubting that it's dangerous" are you kidding me? How many people have died from cannabis?

This is so funny. The lady in the glasses says "we can't hand out drugs saying, here we wont tell you this could be addictive, this could be dangerous, this could harm you"..... That is exactly what doctors are doing more than ever with prescription medications that are highly addictive and completely alter people's state. A relative of mine was weaning from anti depressants and had to stop her car because she was so dizzy and wanted to be sick,,,, driving! Not being tested by road side checks, and simply just as bad. Depression statistics are going through the roof and doctors are dishing out drugs like there is no tomorrow. We are going to have a generation of numb people who struggle to deal with every day life because they have been medicated with prescription drugs since 18. Weed has never killed a person, it saves lives. If someone wants to smoke a joint at night to relax how are they so much worse than the mother who just took a xanax and had 3 red wines????? The entire system and government is a fraud. Pauline mentions she was so spaced out and didn't know what was going on.... hahaha. We can walk into a shop and buy as much alcohol as we want! Who gets to decide what I choose to medicate my body with if it works for me and I'm not harming anyone? It is so sad that we live in a world where grown adults are ruled by a government that will sell us cigarettes and alcohol, both know to kill us, but we will be put in jail if we grow a weed in our back yard that we might chose to smoke or ingest???? The criminals make so much money because they can.... remove the criminals and watch the loved up, kind hippies come back. Maybe they can teach society today a thing or two.

I love how a few of them say "we don't know the long term effects"...Humans have been smoking it for thousands of years. What don't they get about that?

all drugs should be decriminalized. spending money on keeping innocent people in jail is ridiculous when you could spend that same money to get them rehab. take out the suppliers. not the victims.

why do people drink alcohol. Pauline Hanson doesnt know if prohibition works?? was she dropped on the head as a child

2019 now and still nothing has happened in Australia 🇦🇺

I want it to be legalised. A lot of people who have marijuana problems are too scared to see psychologists because they fear they will get dobbed in and get arrested. With it legalised they will be more open about their marijuana use and actively seek help if they happened to have a problem. Also it would be pretty cool seeing very high quality organic weed in a brick and motar store. I think Australia should follow the Washington laws. No plants are allowed but you are allowed to easily go to the store and pick up a jar of high quality weed. It is pointless to send somebody who smoked one joint to a school teaching the ill effects of marijuana. It's better to let the person know if they have a problem and let them seek effective treatment. Also a great thing about legalisation is the lack of marijuana lacing which is actually why a lot of people get addicted to marijuana. Pure weed is about as addictive as a cup o' joe.

For them to sit there laughing with bob marley music in the background then saying we're on the verge of legalised medicinal cannibis blah blah blah is all a big joke. I'm sure the parents with epilectic kids or cancer sufferers needing access to medicine yesterday would find that little segment really useful and amusing. Even though they've started growing the plants as of a few months ago there's no telling when anything is going to happen or when/if the patients will even get access. No ones on the verge of anything and to suggest such nonsense then carry on with that childish little segment is a bit ordinary at this time. The whole thing seemed like a big ego trip for a few people on the panel.

Its also important to remember THC and CBD (indeed, all the 100+ cannabinoids) are _unique, individual medicines_. Legalising CBD oil alone is simply not good enough, because while CBD is amazing for things like seizures and nausea just ask anyone who's been through chemotherapy needing an appetite boost or help getting to sleep - you need THC there because CBD doesn't help much with either. Simply because THC makes you feel good is no reason for it to remain a Schedule 9 drug alongside heroin and methylamphetamine. If it was about impairment then alcohol would also be Schedule 9. It can't be about addiction because cannabinoids aren't physically addictive, but we don't see cigarettes in Schedule 9 either. IT JUST MAKES ZERO SENSE, AND IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES. It's about time we had laws we can be _proud_ of, laws that make _common sense_, as opposed to the "reefer madness" US propaganda of the 1930s.

Weed or Cannabis is a good thing happen to human being for such a long period of time. Legalize and regulate it and let me have a nice bud of smoke at home after my hard day work.

If you can legally purchase and consume alcohol and tobacco in this country then something that's far less dangerous and unhealthy should be legal as well.

"Why do people have to be drugged up to have a good time?" They just need a nice chardonnay. Ever notice how prohibitionists will use an anecdote to support their position and completely dismiss opposing evidence, hard or soft. And the dismissal of recreational over medicinal. The whole thing is about nutrition. Babies are born fucked up and people die of liver cancer because of recreational alcohol use. We have bowel cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart disease and a degraded environment because of a dietary preponderance of wheat, fructose, saturated animal fats and palm oil. Recreation is not a dirty word, it is exactly that; re-creation. We all have an endogenous cannabinoid system every bit as crucial to our functioning as the systems that use the well known "drugs" serotonin and testosterone.

Osman was the only sensible panel member and the rest were clueless. Vanstone and Hanson, as usual, being the most clueless.

This is an example of how NOT to hold a debate on legalizing marijuana in Australia. Are ANY of these people on the panel truly informed on the issue. Thanks for doing your part to perpetuate further propaganda and myths.

Let’s have a plebiscite 😎

Hell yeah! Legalise the shit!!!! Tired of feeling like a criminal. Common sense...

I have faith in the ozzies! legalize it!

"Had it 5 times and hated it" You are, to say the least, an anomaly.

that guy with the red bandana was just at the park smokin a doink tho XD

Well I would prefer to smoke a bit of marijuana before bed to help me sleep then take any prescribed medications. I have tried various sleep medications and they usually make me feel uneasy and groggy the next day. After a small amount of cannabis I don't feel any drowsiness or grogginess the next day. I hate they I can't use it to help me sleep on those sleepless frustrating nights my brain will not turn off.

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Omg, Pauline Hanson should have to apply for a license to speak her mind. She never makes any sense

Meanwhile alcohol needs a POISON label.

It is not addictive tho. Unlike tobacco

Yes

I don't think that people realise that marijuana is WAY BETTER than tobacco and helps so many people's lives by preventing certain cancers, helping anxiety and helping to prevent fits during epilepsy

"Why do we need to be all drugged up in today's society I was high on life back in the day" For that same reason you were high on life. For some people drugs is a way to enjoy life.

anyone who still calls marijuana DOPE....after it has been shown to be a medicine....needs to go back and watch reefers madness again

Why do people have to be drugged up? Um because some people have problems that it actually helps and of course the first time you had it you got impaired. The first time you drank alcohol you got impaired the first time you have a cigarette you cough your guts up and got head spins. After a few times youre body regulates it better and it does not affect you anywhere near as badly.

Legalise x

Shame about the people on this - An important debate not to be mocked !!

absolutely ,,,, WITH THE PROVISO THAT PEOPLE ARE PROPERLY EDUCATED .. LETS REVEAL THE TRUTH

Does the Australian government serve the people or do the people serve the government? Last time I looked, Australia is not China or North Korea? Look at the comments here and a majority of the people want weed legal or at least decriminalised. 33% of people in Australia smoked weed. STOP THE NANNY STATES!

So I can legal grow plants 🌱 in my garden

must make your hair fall out

left wits

"That's a big number" Can I have a toke?

high in life, i lost it guys

Let me grow my own you Dinosaurs.

YES

Personally I've never taken any notice of the laws pertaining to cannabis and really couldn't give a rat's arse if it's legal or not. The government gives me the money I waste on it so it's never been a problem for me.

Saturday grow show on RU-vid

Cannabis is not a bad drug

Legalise marijuana it's no worse than alcohol plus it has proven to be benefitial for medicinal purposes! Let the country profit

Don’t know what the hell theyre talking about, not a drug, not harmful, do your research

i tried it three times ,in one minute

Just legalise already

Recreational is the wrong word

Indian dude gets it. Guy with red bandanna gets it enough. The rest are annoying

These people are so out of touch!

yes yes yes

Do it cannabis

FFS can u b leave this dribble

I'd like to say that sometimes drug addiction ruins lives...and sometimes ruined lives cause drug addiction

Bikie gangs dont make money of pot!! Bikie members might though!! but so does alot of your every day person

Paulines a g

Let's just put it to people's vote like the gay marriage law that just passed $350 says that it's a YES 😆

Come on guys don't be a #stonersloth.

It's not the time 🤣🤣 if it's legal recreational, it's legal for medical use 😂 typical politics move, give me more tax payers money to drag it on 4 political clowns here. Do your own research figure it out. Cannabis is better than ciggies and alcohol full stop

Yes