tigerpie wrote:I have to disagree.
There's an ice epidemic happening in rural areas across Australia at the moment that is ruining whole communities lives.
Dealers known to police but somehow when raided they find nothing?
Insane amounts of money being made off this crap and the penalties are not enough of a deterrent.
Anyhow it just shows how out of touch the liberal party is.
I agree about the ice epidemic, but I don't think MJ is harmless.
There was a very thorough study done at UQ a few years ago on its effects on the immature brain which found tht the incidence of Schizophrenia was increased by 20 to 25% in under 17 year olds using MJ daily. This did not show up in older users, other than those with pre-existing such illness.. That's why we need to be able to select out specific safe compounds from the THC component for medicle use.
And yes MJ does impair driving capacity.