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WHEREAS the majority of national and international plans on preventing drug usage have failed, the UN should take a step forward in the world of recreational drugs.

Phase One: Establish a difference between drugs.

Soft Drugs:
A term sometimes used to describe drugs like cannabis or LSD which cannot result in physical dependency.

The list should include (up to evaluation):
cannabis
LSD
MDMA

Hard Drugs:
Refers to drugs that are seen to be more dangerous and more likely to cause dependency such as heroin and crack cocaine.

The terms 'hard' and 'soft' when applied to drugs have no legal or pharmacological validity.

Phase Two: Establish individual evaluation in regards to punishments for those who sell or possess hard drugs.

Allow each nation or further localized governments to decide upon course of action.


Phase 3: Each nation should have an established drug rehabilitation program for citizens. The anonimity of the visitors is to the discretion of the nation.


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I suppose I'll be adding to this. How's it look so far?

WHEREAS the majority of national and international plans on preventing drug usage have failed, the UN should take a step forward in the world of recreational drugs.
Fair enough - I hope to see some information about how this will be achieved further down in the Resolution. Slightly vague here - I understand that you want the UN to take some decisive action in the realm of drugs use...but FOR or AGAINST...??

Phase One: Establish a difference between drugs.
A UN wide distinction? Agreed

Soft Drugs:
A term sometimes used to describe drugs like cannabis or LSD which cannot result in physical dependency.

The list should include (up to evaluation):
cannabis
LSD
MDMA

Hard Drugs:
Refers to drugs that are seen to be more dangerous and more likely to cause dependency such as heroin and crack cocaine.
I think this should be open to debate...many people will have differing views as to what is soft/hard etc.

The terms 'hard' and 'soft' when applied to drugs have no legal or pharmacological validity.
Agreed

Phase Two: Establish individual evaluation in regards to punishments for those who sell or possess hard drugs.

Allow each nation or further localized governments to decide upon course of action.
But surely each Nation can do this already? I fail to understand what Phase Two would do, as it doesn't actually define anything. It merely states that each Nation can do what they want with drugs users. Well...I can do that now anyway, so why do I need UN guidelines on it?

Phase 3: Each nation should have an established drug rehabilitation program for citizens. The anonimity of the visitors is to the discretion of the nation.
Again - this does absolutely nothing...


You started off so well, but then faded. I cannot and will not endorse your proposal at this time.

What we oughta do is make every drug legal. Sometimes I think I am the only one who can write a decent recreational drug proposal. :rolleyes: But then I think I'm too lazy and self-conscious to try.

If you can't offer constructive criticism...

If you can't offer constructive criticism...
My ideas are too different to offer constructive criticism on this subject. Better to just write one completly by myself.

Ok cool :-)

I look forward to reading it

Or better yet, all the good recreational drug draft writers should all come together and slave over a draft. If it takes us all night we shall. :gundge: My mom just bought 2 containers of coffee so we shall not sleep until the resolution is so awesomely worded youde look like a dumbass not voting for it. :cool:

Unless we don't happen to support Recreational Drug Use...

WHEREAS the majority of national and international plans on preventing drug usage have failed, the UN should take a step forward in the world of recreational drugs.

Phase One: Establish a difference between drugs.

Soft Drugs:
A term sometimes used to describe drugs like cannabis or LSD which cannot result in physical dependency.

The list should include (up to evaluation):
cannabis
LSD
MDMA

Hard Drugs:
Refers to drugs that are seen to be more dangerous and more likely to cause dependency such as heroin and crack cocaine.

The terms 'hard' and 'soft' when applied to drugs have no legal or pharmacological validity.

Phase Two: Establish individual evaluation in regards to punishments for those who sell or possess hard drugs.

Allow each nation or further localized governments to decide upon course of action.


Phase 3: Each nation should have an established drug rehabilitation program for citizens. The anonimity of the visitors is to the discretion of the nation.


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I suppose I'll be adding to this. How's it look so far?

If you do not include pharmacology, you cannot mention dependance.

All drugs are legal in Vastiva, sold through pharmacies, of established grades of potency just as any other drug. Those over the legal age can purchase in any quantity they wish, with full unrestricted rights given after conscription period is over.

And if you're going to leave it to national governments to decide what they want to do, do not clutter the UN with this sort of paperwork. They can already do what they want to do where the UN is not involved.

Unless we don't happen to support Recreational Drug Use...
Or better yet, all the good recreational drug draft writers should all come together and slave over a draft.

Ah theres the key. If you dont support recreational drug use then why would you be writing a draft for it? Unless you want to make it even more illegal?

until the resolution is so awesomely worded youde look like a dumbass not voting for it.

I was actually referring to this passage of your post.

Yeah you missed the point of that entirely. I said to make the proposal so good there was no way one could disagree with it. :D

Yeah you missed the point of that entirely. I said to make the proposal so good there was no way one could disagree with it. :D

Even if the proposal was so fantastic that it offered free ice-cream with every vote, I would still not endorse Recreational Drug Use.

You could have the most fantastic proposal ever submitted to the UN...if it is regarding relaxing drug laws, then I will not endorse it.

Sorry

Good for you. As long as I can convince enough UN delegates to vote on my resolution(and keep them convinced to not repeal it) then I did my job. Than the tyranny of the majority will rule the day just as it always has.

vote on my resolution

WHAT RESOLUTION?!?

This is entirely my point - you have not made a resolution, so commenting that 'everyone will support it' is not helpful.

Create the resolution, then the International Community can decide whether to endorse it or not.

I have started. And by started I mean I came up with a title and decided betwene legalize and encourage. So give me some time and ill make some chicken scratchings on cyber-paper that I call a resolution.

Jolly good -

Can we now allow this topic to return to it's original function?