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What is your opinion on this issue?
Im just curious.

I'm not a U.N. Member but I say no to legalization

I believe this is best left up to each nation to decide what drugs, plants, chemicals, and other elements they want to be sold to their citizens. As not all citizens of UN member nations respond to these in the same way and thus each nation must set up laws to protect their own from harmful elements. Thus making it legal across the UN membership thus stopping any nation from banning it would be wrong in that it could mean harm to citizens of that nation from outside sources exercising their right to have and use it.

Thus you would need to note that individual nations can limit or restrict who and where it used or even ban it if it's deemed harmful to their citizens.. Thus it then goes down to where it is today without a proposal in place.. at the national level. where it needs to be.


Here we ban any sale or use of peanuts in our nations since a majority of our citizens have a low tolerence of these tasteless little viral beans.. as they could end up killing them if taken in even a small amount. So leave it to nations to set up laws on this subject. Marijuana is another of those that we find harmful to our citizens and serve no use for them thus we ban it.

In Ausserland, posession and use of marijuana are legal. Sale of marijuana is restricted to licensed retailers, whose stocks are regularly inspected to insure the marijuana is not "laced" with other psychotropic substances. The legalization took place a number of years ago, and was enthusiastically supported by our national, provincial, and local law enforcement authorities.

That being said, we would oppose any effort by the NSUN to mandate legalization. We agree with the representative of Zeldon 6229 Nodlez that this is a matter best left to national authorities to decide. The decision needs to consider the specific physiological, sociocultural and economic factors affecting the population of each nation.

Hurlbot Barfanger
Ambassador to the United Nations

In the Demoractic Republic of Mahaliastan, any drug possession is highly frowned upon and will likely earn the guilty a long sentence of forced labour if caught. Therefore, Marijuana is completely forbidden and should be everywhere, in our nation's opinion.


Galina Chekhovskaya
Mahaliastan's Ambassador to the United Nations
Spokeswoman for the Dictator (Honorable Chancellor Mahalia Tarasova)
UN Delegate for "Uniting PRs of Uraps" region

I find that the ash from a spliff tends to spoil my point, and that smoking confuses my drinking hand.....

OOC: I support decriminalisation of drugs - that is, possession for personal use shouldn't be a crime.

IC: Marijuana and other hallucinogens interfere with a person's connection to the Flame. As such, they should be avoided at all costs.

I think a proposal on decrimilisation across the board probably wouldn't fly with the majority of members because there really isn't a reason to over-ride a nations own decisions on this just so pot heads can get a hit.

However, maybe a proposal centered on the medicinal use of marijuana may go down better. Especially if it is a mostly urges/encourages type document that doesn't force nations into radical across the board change, but points out the benefits of this drug for those with cancer ect, and could make governments allow doctors to perscribe it under whatever level of regulations the paticular nation wants. Just an idea or two :).

Since I neither see this as an international issue or an issue of fundamental human rights so vital that it must be enforced by all member nations I can not see why this should be an issue that the UN should make a resolution on.

Since I neither see this as an international issue or an issue of fundamental human rights so vital that it must be enforced by all member nations I can not see why this should be an issue that the UN should make a resolution on.

This is also the government of St Edmund's view of the matter.

could make governments allow doctors to perscribe it under whatever level of regulations the paticular nation wants. Just an idea or two :).


And you are right back where we are without UN resolution. Nations setting the rules for use of these drugs. So why do we need a resolution on it? As if you simply turn it back over to nations who already have control on the issue then why waste time giving them controls on it that they already have?

The only thing here is the first terms 'could make governments allow'. Many already do this and understand the medical benifits of a number of drugs but also know the dangers of abuse of these drugs so they regulate them.. thus again why make a proposal that would simply say continue to do what you are already doing?

That meant making nations allow doctors to perscribe it, but regulate it's distribution if they want to.

So nations that don't like drugs can do their best to keep it only in the hands of those who are meant to be using it. Things such as keeping a register of patients on the therapy, restricting how much can be perscribed on one perscription to prevent patients selling any excess, requiring doctors who do perscribe it to have a special license. That sort of thing.

My idea is nations can't say no to doctors perscribing it for medical reasons and patients using it under medical supervision, but they can take steps to ensure that is all it is used for.

That meant making nations allow doctors to perscribe it, ------ but regulate it's distribution if they want to.

So nations that don't like drugs can do their best to keep it only in the hands of those who are meant to be using it. My idea is nations can take steps to ensure that is all it is used for.


Again placing it back onto nations so why does the UN get involved as clearly we all see it belongs at the national level not the UN level. As most nations already have tight laws dealing with medications a doctor might use on patients.. thus if a nations rules marijuana is a usefull medication then they already have laws in effect to deal with it's use. So why are we now bringing in the UN to tell nations to do what they have been doing?

i'm sorry if I'm threadjacking, if that is what it's called, but I am running a summit on drugs, and all nations are invited to attend. http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=482114

Again placing it back onto nations so why does the UN get involved as clearly we all see it belongs at the national level not the UN level. As most nations already have tight laws dealing with medications a doctor might use on patients.. thus if a nations rules marijuana is a usefull medication then they already have laws in effect to deal with it's use. So why are we now bringing in the UN to tell nations to do what they have been doing?

Zeldon, my idea is just that, an idea. It isn't a proposal and probably never will be, so you don't need to wave the nat sov banner quite so high.