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FOLLOWING A PERIOD of drought that led to Met Éireann issuing warnings for a lack of rain, two rainfall warnings were issued on Friday and the rain hasn’t been far away since.
It now looks like the wet conditions are set to stick around with showers and outbreaks of rain forecast for the days ahead.
So today we’re asking, are you happy to see the rain?
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Just legalize, regulate and tax it. Might help educate the population in safe use of others drugs like alcohol; nicotine and even caffeine
@Richard: About as much chance as asking people not to damage their health by smoking it…… Never gonna happen.
@Jerriko17: it will happen in time.
@Jerriko17: of course it will happen.. Its just Ireland will probably be one of the last countries to see the obvious light
@Richard: Perfect time when this pandemic is over as we’ll need as much tax revenue as we can get.
@Jerriko17: The argument isn’t whether it’s dangerous or not, of course burning any material and inhaling the fumes is not healthy, the argument has several dimensions to it;
A/ Is there anybody in the country who wants to smoke weed but is currently unable to do so?
No. I can get you a pound of it by lunch time tomorrow.
B/ Is the current prohibition effectively serving the public interest?
No. It is widely available, consumed and is criminalizing otherwise law abiding citizens.
C/ Is this vastly consumed product regulated to ensure it’s as safe as can be for the public?
No. Chemicals to treat the plants and adding toxins are widely used to maximize yield.
D/ Would legalization benefit society?
Yes. Other than tax revenue and taking money from criminals it could be produced in safer consumption forms such as edibles and would also provide its widely acknowledged medicinal values to patients who need it. Recreational use is only a portion of a much bigger picture.
I see some of you people publish manifestos on here. I need to figure out how to beat the word count. I know it can be done.
@Sean Fahey: For those of you sliding into my DMs on Twitter enquiring about product, I will be outside the GPO tomorrow at 1.30pm wearing a high viz yellow and blue jacket and a hat. If the radio on my shoulder is making noise please wait for it to stop before approaching me, I want to make sure I hear what you say.
@Sean Fahey: ‘I can get you a pound of it by lunch time tomorrow.’
Kind of hard to meet up during the lockdown. Do you deliver?
@Jerriko17: Be interesting to see a referendum on it.
Shocking waste of gardai resources and weed
@David Byrne: lol, they’ll probably burn it in a field :(
@Laughable: can I get the downwind neighboring address for that field?
800 euro a plant. Dont think so
@cryptodon: Although the gardai have a tendency to over estimate the value of drug seizures, 800e per plant seems a fair estimate. Assuming that the average price of an ounce is 300e and a well grown plant can yield anywhere from 2-6 ounces. Either way it’s a lot of money that could have been taxed and put to good use in our society
@cryptodon: 800 is about right, or more. Some strains have seriously big yields(grown in the right set up)
And that’s a serious set up
Priorities. Are they not getting enough overtime pay policing the lockdown?
@: no overtime for the crisis. But nice deflection.
Needs to be legalized to control the potency of the drug.
How can the gardai justify this waste of resources, meanwhile in California weed dispensaries are allowed to stay open, as they are seen to be providing an essential service!
Tis only a bit weed F F S it was for his own personal use ..
Future generations will shake their heads at the futility of trying to police a plant
Sorry, but I was under the impression that we are under lock-down, with the exception of essential labour. Does this law not apply to gardai?
@Nicky O’Donnell: Don’t think so,iv never seen so many Garda out checking for speeding.
He has a nice grow set up, must be a very resourceful young man. Legalize
What a waste of scarce gardai resources.
Future generations are going to look back at drug prohibition amazed at how our society continued to make the problem FAR worse in our efforts to control it.
The damage caused and resources wasted by cannabis illegality far outweigh the potential harms of the plant.
So one plant of that size is €800?
@Peter: be lucky to get 300-400 for quantities of that amount.
They’re always going on about street value
@Modern Irish Dad: I don’t know what street they’re buying their cocaine from but it’s not the same steet I’m buying mine
its a plant given to us by god,just like hops,cabbage,spuds,carrots,peas,the planet belongs to the people not the government.
Jases I thought there was a bit of a fuzz around here this morning.
Good part of the country for a garden in fairness :p
@Laughable: should see mine its unreal…… garden I mean garden I swear.
Friend in America sent my pictures of a new ‘Dad’ weed strain, ‘ marijuana like your dad used to smoke’ finally reversing the trend for impaling strength, I’m jealous. Matter of time.
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