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Bill: Right To Choose Act II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom 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: August 2113
Description[?]:
| People shall be able to put whatever they want into their body as long as this does not result in the harm of others. Thus, drugs shall be done in the privacy of one's home. When drugs are purchased, the person selling them shall be required to inform the buyer of the dangers of taking the drug as well as what an appropriate dosage is. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: The use of cannabis is legal.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:17:39, September 18, 2005 CET | From | Aloria United | To | Debating the Right To Choose Act II |
| Message | After much internal debate, this party's chosen position is to not support this bill in its current formulation. Firstly, for this bill to even be considered acceptable by our party we require "as long as on others' rights". Secondly, we do not believe that this decision is totally that of individuals: the *initial* effect may not impinge on the rights of others, but ongoing and subsequent effects may. Contempory case of a current narcotic that does not impinge on others' rights is nitrous oxide. This typically has no long-term health effects, and does not cause a reduction in decision-making ability any longer than half-a-minute or so. Contemporary case of a current narcotic that partially impinges on others' rights is marijuana. This typically has minor health effects for most, and major effects for a minority (greatly increased risk of schizophrenia for a minority of youths), and does cause some reduction in decision-making ability for some time. Contemporary case of a current narcotic that massively impinges on others' rights is methamphetamines (particularly 'pure', or 'P'). This typically has major health effects for all, is incredibly addictive (removing even the individual's right of choice), and massively alters their decision-making ability long-term (given the high rates of addiction). The societal and family effect of this drug is highly-damaging and typically infringes highly on others' rights. Society has a role in defining the level of impingement, and for that reason, this blanket permission is opposed by the Aloria United party. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 123 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 277 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy allows you to establish an unelected head of state like a monarch or a president-for-life, but doing this is a bit of a process. First elect a candidate with the name "." to the Head of State position. Then change your law on the "Structure of the executive branch" to "The head of state is hereditary and symbolic; the head of government chairs the cabinet" and change the "formal title of the head of state" to how you want the new head of state's title and name to appear (eg. King Percy XVI). |
| Random quote: "In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy." - Brian Mulroney |