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Bill: Teenage Welfare Act
Details
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 2176
Description[?]:
| We should incentivate people (especially young people) to use contraceptives, avoiding STD and unwanted pregnancy. Also we need to regulate the sale of tabacco, while still givin everyone the right to use it. Then it's senseless that certain drugs, proved dangerous, are still legal. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Current: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Proposed: The use of cannabis is legal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: There are no regulations on the sale of tobacco.
Current: Only adults may purchase tobacco.
Proposed: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco products but everyone is allowed to buy them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:42:45, January 23, 2006 CET | From | Socio-Democratic Union | To | Debating the Teenage Welfare Act |
| Message | "Then it's senseless that certain drugs, proved dangerous, are still legal." I don't understand, you say it's senseless to have legal dangerous drugs, and you want to legislate in favour of a free use of cannabis ? |
| Date | 23:02:56, January 23, 2006 CET | From | El Dorado | To | Debating the Teenage Welfare Act |
| Message | I'm talking about syntetics drugs that causes severe brain damage. |
| Date | 21:56:38, January 24, 2006 CET | From | Liberty and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Teenage Welfare Act |
| Message | You can outlaw some drugs all you like, that doesn't mean people will stop using them. However much you'd like to think it might, those who are stupid enough to try such drugs will do so, legally or not. Allowing drugs to be legal allows people to fully understand, comprehend and witness their effects, which is a sobering preventative, and far more effective than a "that's wrong because the Senate said so" sign. Besides, if it's legal, this way we can tax their use. |
| Date | 23:36:19, January 24, 2006 CET | From | El Dorado | To | Debating the Teenage Welfare Act |
| Message | True, but allowing them give the impression that the government approves them. The punishment can be light, but we must take a position against this. Also, if people are stupid enough to keep using them, it's a crime for us :D |
| Date | 23:59:05, January 24, 2006 CET | From | Liberty and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Teenage Welfare Act |
| Message | If we educate them not to take them, then it does not give them the appearence that we approve. The tax money from the usage can be used to support said education. If you make it a crime, the users are then just double victims, and you make their lives worse by giving them penalties and jail sentences, giving them more incentive to take said drugs. |
| Date | 19:17:14, January 25, 2006 CET | From | El Dorado | To | Debating the Teenage Welfare Act |
| Message | Education is one things, actual government policy is another...Taxing and allowing a dangerous drug is morally wrong to me. Banning them maybe will not stop them, but will surely makes life harder to people who sells them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 85 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 241 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 424 |
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