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Bill: Recreation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Enlightened Socialist Party
Status[?]: passed
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: October 2077
Description[?]:
| The ESP believes that, to increase individual freedom, recreational drugs that are natural and not artificial should be legalised, either as a standalone bit of legislation or as a stepping stone to full legalisation. Whilst we do wish it to be adults only, like alcohol and tobacco, otherwise, people should be free to have fun so long as it does not harm others. Legalising these will also cut drug-related crime, as drug dealing will become pointless if these can be purchased legally through shops. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Current: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Proposed: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:04:38, July 04, 2005 CET |
From |  Enlightened Socialist Party | To | Debating the Recreation | | Message | The LRU is highly hypocritical. They wish to allow everyone to smoke and drink whatever they wish, even young children, but they oppose anything else. |
| Date | 11:35:58, July 05, 2005 CET |
From | LCS Liberal Republican Union | To | Debating the Recreation | | Message | From that point of view, the ESP also takes an extremely hypocritical stance: they want to forbid certain people from using certain drugs, but on the other hand, they demand the legalisation of much more dangerous drugs. |
| Date | 15:13:35, July 05, 2005 CET |
From | Enlightened Socialist Party | To | Debating the Recreation | | Message | We wish to forbid young children, at an age when they are incapable of making informed decisions, from having alcohol and tobacco, but when they become adults then people should be allowed to do whatever they wish so long as it harms nobody else. |
| Date | 15:15:42, July 05, 2005 CET |
From | Enlightened Socialist Party | To | Debating the Recreation | | Message | We do not take the stance to forbid adults from harming themselves, but children should be as they cannot yet make these decisions in an informed manner. |
| Date | 18:41:56, July 05, 2005 CET |
From | Liberty Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Recreation | | Message | Saridan has free education throughout life, we believe that our teachers are capable of properly informing our young citizens on these issues without limiting their freedom of choice. |
| Date | 19:27:13, July 05, 2005 CET |
From | Enlightened Socialist Party | To | Debating the Recreation | | Message | Can a six year old choose if he/she wants to smoke or not? We think not, especially with the influence of companies who want them to do so. A teacher, who will likely be considered 'uncool', compared to Joe Camel or whatever cartoon menace they think up who'll be urging children to smoke on every television channel multiple times a day. |
| Date | 20:19:00, July 05, 2005 CET |
From | Liberty Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Recreation | | Message | Again, the child has a set of parents (or a guardian) to guide the child and the parent or guardian will be educated. Not every corporation is evil and not every citizen is stupid, we remind the ESP. |
| Date | 11:10:42, July 08, 2005 CET |
From | Commercial Freedom | To | Debating the Recreation | | Message | We believe that educating youths about drugs and their dangers is a step to ban drugs not an excuse to legalise drugs. We oppose. |
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| Vote |
Seats |
| yes | Total Seats: 192 |
| no | Total Seats: 0 |
| abstain | Total Seats: 96 |
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