[Jan Fisher]

A bill being introduced into the NSW state parliament would allow individuals to grow and own six marijuana plants for personal use.

I don’t know about you, but that sounds like a lot. I looked it up and they can grow up to four metres high. That’s a lot of well … high.

The new laws would also allow people to give their excess pot to friends and family. I predict a lot of people with acreage are going to become very popular in the coming months.

Under the proposals, people would also be allowed to carry up to 50g of cannabis on their person.

Not surprisingly, the bill is being introduced by the Legalise Cannabis MP Jeremy Buckingham, who made his point by waving some pot around in Federal parliament this week.

“It’s not about shopfronts, it’s not about marketing cannabis to anybody. It’s simply about freedom of choice,” Mr Buckingham told parliament.

There is no indication of how much support amongst fellow MPs the bill has at this point.

Do you think people should be allowed to grow their own pot?

[Alan]

Absolutely.
All societies have some way to relax and pot is so much healthier than alcohol and nicotine, and it drives social rather than anti social behaviour.

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Definitely as it would stop or at least lesson criminal activity in selling it People would not be able to sell as much if other people are growing it maybe not six plants, maybe four, and as already mentioned it is far better than alcohol and nicotine

[Clelo]

I can’t believe this cash strapped country has not jumped onto this concept. There are billions of dollars out there waiting to be collected in excise over legalizing Cannabis. We currently have alcohol and tobacco, which are legal practices. I would suggest, whilst Cannabis is hardly a health substance, it is less likely to have the harming effects of the other two, especially the physical addiction side of their use. I also think it is quite wrong to give a person a criminal record over a ‘little bit of pot’ held for personal use. Furthermore, I am 71 and suggest that a large proportion of our population of all ages, including my age and older, have been or are currently habitual users. So why is something that is so widely used still illegal? It beats me!

[David Ryder]

It’s just legalising what already happens in many places. Many of my friends who smoke grow their own marihuana and tobacco because they can’t afford to buy it.
The government is really foolish keeping dope illegal and putting absurdly high taxes on tobacco because both measures breed a thriving black market from which the government gets zero tax revenue.

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