Well yes your right about one thing, it is addressed to the prime minster of Australia. Hence the forum. Might want to ease up a bit on that choofer ay...

There is more evidence to condemn prohibition than there is to support. Would the politicians be willing to be subjected to being drug tested before they go to work? the continuation of the current drug laws discriminate against our youth. We are now see the effects of prohibition with the out of control alcohol abuse. I don't have a vote either but support this question highly.

Sorry guys my votes don't seem to be counting to the tally, so I'm going to try commenting here to see if this allows me to vote for this question

There is plenty of evidence that supports the fact that marijuana use somehow attacks cancerous cells in humans. This information has been suppressed due to copyright in that now the medical companies(chemical companies) can't make a buck off it.

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_medical.shtml :) for more information on the medical use of the Entheogen Cannabis please research this link. Hope you can enjoy and spread intelligent discussion backed by evidence and data on this issue so we can finally have some change on the propaganda front :)

Eden Sinclair · 10 months ago

Mate! all good and well for the gov to debate this issue, but have you watched these clowns, our children dont carry on like that at school in prep, if they did they would be in the s@#T AY, it will be interesting to see, I think the reason they have done nothing on this issue is lack of intelligence, mary jane is the most versitile useful plant on this planet, in the end the gov will have to do something with it, 1 acre of hemp produces as much paper as 4 acres of trees,,HELLO GOV<, maybe tey need to do some research before the debate, no good debating without facts and figures, at a guess, this country would have no debt if pot was on our shelves, kronic cant be good for ya, how much do they make off that stuff, seriously julia get a grip, this country is goin nowhere and nowhere fast,.................EG; failed my L's coz i went straight, went back stoned as cheech n chong few days later %100,,,, worked for HSV, out of 20 casual employees, a stoner is one of two people to gain fulltime employment, BONG ON!

Uhhhhh.... Yes.

Eden Sinclair · 10 months ago

If we lose a war it means they have taken us over, we have not lost the "war on drugs" as we are not all drug takers and they can't be found on every street corner.

On the other hand, we certainly haven't won the war. My 19 year old son was waiting for a tram in Richmond this week, and a guy tried to sell him drugs, kept hassling him till the tram came. When I was his age this sort of thing didn't happen. So yes, things are getting worse. I think we are losing the so-called war on drugs.

Michael Wauchope · 10 months ago

This is a very important issue in the modern world we live in and this topic has become that of a very important with implications tied to not only that of individual freedoms but also to that of what goes on in the doctors offices between you and your health care adviser , I wish you go luck on your journey. Your words may have the power to change modern human culture as we know it today .

If they really wanted to control drugs they could have done it at the source.Afghanistan.97% of worldwide opium production.Now producing far more opium than when under Taliban control. Theres a bigger picture here people , do the research.

Prohibition does not work, and has never worked. Alcohol prohibition gave America the Mafia. Legalising drugs would free up a huge amount of money and police time, cut the throat of the criminal underground who are making a fortune from selling them, as well as making the drugs safer and avoiding scenarios such as people being afraid to ask for help if something does go wrong due to the illegal nature of the substance they or a friend have taken. In addition, the government could tax drugs and bring in a huge revenue, allowing us to offer genuine rehabilitation and genuine education to people. People hear the words "legalise drugs" or even "Let's discuss drugs properly" and they panic, all logic goes out of the window, and the PM knows this. She is not brave enough to stand up for what is right on such an emotive topic, despite the fact that she is certainly intelligent enough to know that everything I have just said is correct.

With our current rationale behind prohibition we could also outlaw almost everything that could possibly be dangerous. Why not outlaw swimming at the beach to cut down on drownings and station police officers on every beach, and then impose tough penalties as a deterrent.. maybe it would reduce drownings.. still doesn't justify criminalization