Decriminalization of LSD Bill [Passed]

[Sensei]

I'm against the passage of this legislation. Last thing we need is a bunch of people killing their brains and  tripping all over the place.

[Sensei]

I'm against the passage of this legislation. Last thing we need is a bunch of people killing their brains and  tripping all over the place.

So instead are you advocating we clog prisons with people who do this?  You cannot stop drugs from being consumed, that is a flat out idealistic view.  What you can do is regulate them, tax them, and discourage their use.

I didn't say I wanted people to go to jail over it. Pay a fine, maybe.

[Sensei]

despite his usual level of correctness, I think Down has won me over on this issue. It is a destructive, brain-killing drug, though, and its use should be heavily discouraged.

[Sensei]

In an effort to make this a real decriminalization rather than a legalization, I propose the following amendment:

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Let me be clear that LSD is not a drug for which there is any serious gang involvement or even criminal activity, primarily because it is typically produced by individuals acting on their own or operating small-scale operations. Because it manufactured rather than grown, there is no market for its production overseas and impossible for gangs to produce it en masse domestically. Therefore, the primary purpose of decriminalization in the case of LSD should be to reduce the number of unnecessary imprisonments related to the drug rather than the normalize its production and sale.

"Driving under the influence" is an interesting addition, and I suppose a meritous one, but it should be considered separately (and the clarification contained in the current bill serves no purpose).

I will support this amendment.

I will vote aye if this is the way we vote on it finally.

[Sensei]

Abstain

[Sensei]

nay

[Sensei]

Moderate's amendment is quite agreeable for most Atlasians, I'd say.

[Sensei]

aye

[Sensei]

i support Sen. Moderate's motion.

[Sensei]

aye