Sweden legalizes and regulates cannabis

Stockholm, December 19 - The Swedish Parliament has approved a law which will regulate the growing, usage and trade of cannabis. This is according to the Health and Social Services of Sweden, Jonas Grönhög, who was quoted, "We don't want to make the same mistakes which the USA has done, we do not want to be prohibitionists because the war on drugs has been lost long ago. It is better to prevent marginalization of young people than jail them for soft drugs usage which are comparatively harmless. If we allow the sale of alcohol, there is no reason to ban the soft drugs no longer."

Cannabis products are going to be available in the pharmacies in Sweden as non-prescription medicine since April 20 in 2012 and customers more than 18-year-old can buy 10 grams at once. Growing for personal usage will be tolerated up to 200 grams of dried marijuana and larger amounts stay illegal. It is likely that this will target the Police resources on more serious crime, especially on organized crime, drug trafficking and trafficking in human beings which have been increased for lack of the Police resources in recent years.


Comment: A while back, I posted on how another 'progressive' country (rather than the 'regressive' countries we have here in Canada and the U.S.) took a stand on this issue as well... Argentina rules on marijuana use... with their Supreme Court ruling "The state cannot establish morality"... while ours continues to play God by doing so?

The U.S. with 5% of the world's population has 25% of the world's prisoners, of which 1/2 are in for drug offences. Many of them serving long sentences for simple marijuana possession. I mean look at Marc Emery, a Canadian, who was extradited to the U.S. by the HarperCONS, and is now serving 5 years in a federal prison for selling 'seeds'?

Why do we tolerate governments who abuse us, victimize us, and don't listen to us? The Occupy movement is about more than the inequalities between rich and poor, it is also about breaking the chains of repression and oppression.

We need to free ourselves from state imposed tyranny, which is what Canada and the United States decades long drug war policies are all about. After all, well over 1/3 of our population smoke marijuana, and thereby are considered criminals by the Harper government. A government that could only muster 25% of eligible voters labels 1/3 of its country's population criminals, in their new crime bill? There is definitely something wrong with this picture!

Is this what Harper's new prisons are for, to jail 'pot smokers' while turning a blind eye to corporations and white-collar criminals who are raping our land with impunity, with our governments blessing and support? While also selling us out to the highest bidder...

A further theme is the unparalleled sell out of our country in a manner no other developed country would ever dream of allowing. While this has been taking place at an accelerating rate, the purposeful dissemination in the print media of false information about rapidly growing foreign ownership and control of Canada goes a long way towards explaining why our myopic politicians have failed to take action on this and other related problems that are very quickly robbing us of our ability to plan and manage our own future. Mel Hurtig - The Truth About Canada

The people have become the enemy of their government, and therefore are no longer served by them, but rather 'enslaved' by them instead.



When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear their government, there is tyranny.

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