Greens Party Policies

[Oz]

Australian Greens Policies on Cannabis Legalisation

If you want to change the laws, the number one thing you have to do is get on your electoral roll, and then check out who has the best policies for you regarding cannabis legalisation.

 

Here's some extracts from the Australian Greens current policies regarding cannabis legalisation.

 

Illegal drugs: We will work to set in process the following:

 

a) a national approach to drug law reform;

 

an examination of the practises of police forces, with the aim of minimising drug-related corruption;

 

d) an examination of methadone programmes in all states to assess health effects compared with the use of prescribed heroin, with the aim of reducing current anomalies and opportunities for abuse in existing programmes;

 

e) an extension of drug-free rehabilitation programmes;

 

f) allowing the regulated supply of cannabis at appropriate venues;

 

g) decriminalisation, leading to eventual legalisation of cannabis cultivation and possession for personal use, while monitoring the effects of this in relation to the health of young people; and

 

h) independent research into the effects of short and long term use of cannabis and other illegal drugs, including cocaine, morphine, amphetamines, LSD, ecstasy and other drugs as they appear in youth and other subcultures.

Source: Greens Policies in Brief

 

Illegal drugs - The Australian Greens believe that softer, less addictive drugs should be more freely available as in the Netherlands model, as research shows that such availability mitigates against the use of hard drugs.

 

The Australian Greens will work to immediately set in process the following:

 

a national approach to drug law and drug law reform;

an examination of the practises of police forces, with the aim of minimising drug-related corruption;

pilot programmes to test the effectiveness of supplying heroin to registered users;

an examination of methadone programmes in all states to assess health effects compared with the use of prescribed heroin, with the aim of reducing current anomalies and opportunities for abuse in existing programmes;

an extension of drug-free rehabilitation programmes;

allowing the regulated supply of cannabis at appropriate venues while disallowing other drugs;

the decriminalisation, leading to eventual legalisation of cannabis cultivation and possession for personal use, while monitoring the effects of this in relation to the health of young people; and

independent research into the effects of short and long term use of cannabis and other illegal drugs, including cocaine, morphine, amphetamines, LSD, ecstasy and other drugs as they appear in youth and other subcultures.

Source: Greens Policies in Full

[DrShrink]

Some decent ideas.

 

Shame they are ohh 30 years minimum off getting ever in goverment.

 

Unfourntly the best and only chance for such drug reform is from a Labour federal goverment. And even then theres not to many federally who've even mentioned this, let alon are going to campaign for legalisation of weed.

 

One strong, smart, politician in a Gough Whitlam mode who believes in such policies i think is about the best hope we asustralians have of any such radical changes in the laws for at least 10 years.

[Tom]

Not that far in the future DrShrink, the Liberal Party is taking a hammering all around Australia, they are losing heaps of voters to the Labor Party who are in turn losing many voters to The Greens, this was demonstrated here in Tasmania's state election and then again in the Cunningham by-election in NSW.

 

A party doesn't need to be elected to change government policies, it just needs to get enough votes to make our Labor or Liberal "leaders" think seriously about "adopting" (stealing) that party's policies. The Greens have caused most of the advances in the areas of health, education and of course the environment here in Tassie but they have not yet governed the state.

 

I should also mention here that I am a member of both the Tasmanian and Australian Greens.

 

[Oz]

A party doesn't need to be elected to change government policies, it just needs to get enough votes to make our Labor or Liberal "leaders" think seriously about "adopting" (stealing) that party's policies.

Thank you Tom, it's amazing how many people think a party has to be in complete power of the country to get changes happening...

[boulder]

Well the Greens have been in the wilderness for a decade or two so i wouldnt count on them.

Cheers

[OldmanMozz]

I think greens are the way 2 go for stoners. less apathy by us and get on electoral roll.

 

(my mum told me allways have your greens )

[notgail]

Makes no difference which party is in power - sorry - all poli's are a bunch of bloody blood sucking greedy f..ers. Tom - nice thought that the Green's will get into power - forget it - it will never happen unless maybe Aust has a revolution or something along those lines. As you said - as long as they can influence these arseholes to sway in the 'peoples' favor occasionly.

 

Look what they did to Pauline Hanson (whether for or against her ) - they screwed her - simple -Court for fraud! when you look in the papers - pollies do it all the time travel routs etc. and it doesn't get to the extent of what happened to her.

 

I can't see what difference there is between Labor and Liberal these days. F.... all.

 

My guy is almost 50 and has NEVER voted for the reason that is "they are all the same" quote. and when you look back over the years, you really can't disagree. I always vote - last time was Green tomotoe party or something along those lines.

 

If the greens came into power, only time would tell what affect that would have.

 

I hate politicians and I hate the fact we work our arse off and any overtime we do - for 10 hours worked fucking Johnnie says I take 5 hours back - thanks very much.

 

I wish I never saw my gross wage - what difference does it make - it's not mine. F..ing can't spend it. Whats the point. Greedy pricks. Sorry went off the track then. Tax on the f...ing tax soon. (or I think they may already have this).

 

 

By the way - I'm definately no expert on politics but just a couple of opinions.

[Tom]

Look what they did to Pauline Hanson (whether for or against her ) - they screwed her - simple -Court for fraud! when you look in the papers - pollies do it all the time travel routs etc. and it doesn't get to the extent of what happened to her.

 

Yeah, even though I didn't like her myself, what they did to her was the result of a witch hunt, they were out to get her.

 

[Green Finned Demon]

Hansons rorting was far more open and stupid than either major party. They rort and play the legislation. What she did was well into the criminal field. For the first time in my life I wont be voting Labor and will go with the greens in the next election. The Libs have always been for big business and Labour used to be for us. Unfortunately during the Vietnam war lots of natural libs switched to the Labor right at uni and these current guys are to the right of the Democrats and occupy the same political ground as Howard. Labor no longer protects the weak and has forward thinking progressive policies.

 

Labor were going to win the last federal election before the hundreds of millions of drug pushing disease riddled terrorists pretending to be refugees tried to sneak in and the vast war machine of the most evil and powerful man in the world Saddam Hussein surrounded us while we slept one night. I know these true facts because the primeminiature, Peter Reith and the national press (apart from those drug crazed homo Stalinists of the A B friggin C of course who deal in nothing but Fabian Socialist propaganda) told me so.

[smokey]

hi all, ive been a toker for 35 years (my old man was a jaz muso) and as much as it pains me to say it i think that the law is in many ways harder on stoners now than it was back in the late 60's you and i know it should be legal but the goverment is shit scared of doing it because its seen as the thin edge of the wedge in changing the "RULE OF LAW" in regards to personal freedom.

its a shame that they cause all this shit over one little issue.

aside from that , i like this site