Holy Smoke

[Highway Man]

Why do you ask?

You are implacably opposed to taking the profits away from organised crime.

I ask because if you are talking about selling them from a high street shop then you can imagine the cost of insurance and the security that would be needed to lock it up on an evening. I can only imagine anyone thinking of selling legal drugs would become an instant target for both the drug runners and sellers that are in place now and taking a percentage of their business for protection. Try opening up a coffee shop now where drugs have been legalised and selling drugs from these premises, see how far you would get with that.

 

[JohnD]

I ask because if you are talking about selling them from a high street shop then you can imagine the cost of insurance and the security that would be needed to lock it up on an evening.

You've never been in a pub, then.

 

[JohnD]

I have.

 

[Highway Man]

You've never been in a pub, then.

No need to break into a pub, there are supermarkets which are easy pickings for thieves for that, imagine a shop filled with drugs, now that wouldnt be a target would it surely?

 

[Highway Man]

I have.

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I am a personal licence holder too, they don't expire any more.

 

[JohnD]

Like a shop that contained bottles of whisky, you mean?

 

[Highway Man]

Like a shop that contained bottles of whisky, you mean?

I have owned bars and night clubs

 

[JohnD]

And you think it was not viable to protect them from thieves.

 

[Highway Man]

And you think it was not viable to protect them from thieves.

Of course it was but you are more likely to get problems when you are open than when you are closed. Never had an issue.

 

[JohnD]

Of course it was but you are more likely to get problems when you are open than when you are closed. Never had an issue.

That doesn't support your belief that legalisation of lager and cannabis is impossible.






Sorry, my mistake.

You think lager is possible and cannabis is not.

No logical structure to your belief,

 

[Highway Man]

That doesn't support your belief that legalisation of lager and cannabis is impossible.






Sorry, my mistake.

You think lager is possible and cannabis is not.

No logical structure to your belief,

We are not talking about just cannabis though are we?

 

[Odds]

We are not talking about just cannabis though are we?

Yes. We are.
Check the OP.

 

[Highway Man]

Yes. We are.
Check the OP.

Hang on, I am talking about recreational drug use here, if this is purely on cannabis then that is a different conversation, JohnD has mentioned LSD and I was arguing against recreational drugs being legalised, like speed, LSD, crack etc.

 

[Odds]

Hang on, I am talking about recreational drug use here, if this is purely on cannabis then that is a different conversation, JohnD has mentioned LSD and I was arguing against recreational drugs being legalised, like speed, LSD, crack etc.

The OP began with a story about a bunch of nuns in Mexico starting an independent business to bring cannabis out of cartel monopoly. I think it's a good way to break the stigma of this noble plant by decriminalising it to the point of making it acceptable for citizens to buy what they need without resorting to gangs. Medical marijuana can do this. It would be a prescriptive drug in this case, not an illegal narcotic.

Narcotics like LSD, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin are a different kettle of fish with a Class A rating for good reason, and in no way am i advocating for their legalisation.

 

[Highway Man]

The OP began with a story about a bunch of nuns in Mexico starting an independent business to bring cannabis out of cartel monopoly.

They are not nuns though, they are a group of women with no catholic beliefs, calling themselves "sisters of the valley" spreading the word about the healing capabilitys of cannabis.