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Bill: Intoxicants Restrictions Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Royal Conservative Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2106
Description[?]:
| For the good of the the individual and the health of society, we propose that: a) Mind bending drugs been banned outright (except for medicinal uses) b) Alcohol cannot be sold to those under the age of 16 (adulthood in Lodamun) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:07:39, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Intoxicants Restrictions Act |
| Message | There are those who believe the pot industry of Andalay is more important than the mental health and well being of individuals, who (perhaps naively) take such mind bending intoxicants and expect no long lasting repucussions. Human well being should not be sacrificed for the profit of pot farmers. Equally, abuse of alcohol from an early age could lead to increased rates of liver disease in earlier age groups. |
| Date | 17:26:45, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Intoxicants Restrictions Act |
| Message | Human health, or human freedom? |
| Date | 17:32:47, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Intoxicants Restrictions Act |
| Message | Where does freedom end and anarchy begin? |
| Date | 21:44:37, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Intoxicants Restrictions Act |
| Message | How is alcohol not a mind bending drug? What about tobacco, or prozac, or sugar, or coffee, or guaranį? etc. Opposed. Peoples bodies are the one thing that they can claim unequivocally to belong to them. They should be able to do wjhat they want with them provided that this does not directly impinge on others. |
| Date | 22:51:01, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Intoxicants Restrictions Act |
| Message | "Opposed. Peoples bodies are the one thing that they can claim unequivocally to belong to them. They should be able to do wjhat they want with them provided that this does not directly impinge on others" When (through the influence of drugs) people committ crime and create anti-social disturbances, how is this not directly impinging on others? These crimes then have to be investigated and followed up by the police, which takes time away from the general maintenance of law and order in Lodamun. If caught committing crimes (inspired by drug abuse), the justice system has to take time and money in order to process these cases. Then society has to go to the cost of deciding how to deal with these criminals - either through prison (funded at the expense of the taxpayer) or through rehabiltitation programmes. Drug abuse effects everyone and therefore it is no longer matter of personal liberty: it becomes a matter for society at large. Alchol abuse in youth causes similar problems. Alcohol related crime amongst younger people will sore and addiction to alcohol from an early age will lead to huge health problems later on. These health problmes means that hospital beds will be taken away from those with real illnesses and be given to those who irresponsibly abused intoxicants. So therefore, once again, we reach a point where individual liberty (and governmental irresponsibilty) is having detrimental effects on others. "What about tobacco, or prozac, or sugar, or coffee, or guaranį? etc." I'll move onto tobacco later. Prozac has various medicinal uses (it can be used to treat depression). The effects of coffee and sugar, even after long term usage, are nowhere near as prolific as the short term effects of heroin or crack cocaine. |
| Date | 05:14:29, September 05, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Intoxicants Restrictions Act |
| Message | You are way behind the times on the medical literature if you think that heroin is more damaging and more addictive than refined sugar (sucrose). However the point is that the body belongs to the individual, they are entitled to abuse it if they so wish. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 74 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 205 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 21 |
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