On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:57:52AM +0100, David Golden wrote:
> On Thursday 18 October 2001 11:35, Fergal Daly wrote:
>> > That said, as long as smoking is legal, I don't see any great extra harm in
> > making hash legal (and taxed too :-)
> >
>> Well, there's your problem. Unlike tobacco, you can grow hash easily and
> cheaply in Ireland. The reason it's illegal is because taxation would be
> unenforceable, since people would be growing it in their back gardens.
I could have been clearer. I meant tax retail canabis, the same way alcohol
works. Home brew wine and beer is not taxed, but most people would still
rather pay the extra to let someone else brew it and serve it to them in
comfortable suuroundings. I'd imagine if canabis was legal, widely available
and taxed at a simlar rate to beer and wine then most people wouldn't bother
growing their own but good luck to anyone who wants to.
> Also - you don't have to smoke - "special" brownies and cakes are a healthy
> alternative :-)
Absolutely.
Fergal
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!
