Comprehensive Drug Reform Bill [Vetoed; Failed]

[Verily]

Result on Speed of Sound's Amendment
Aye: 5 (Verily; Sensei; Speed of Sound; Afleitch; Jas)
Nay: 4 (Ebowed; Jake; Sam Spade; Bacon King)
Abstain [Voted]: 1 (Moderate)
Abstain [Didn't vote]: 1 (Friz)

With five in favor and four opposed, the amendment passes.

[Verily]

We are now voting on the following amendment. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

Motion to amend Section 2.1:

1. All federal laws, as well as District of Columbia and federal territory laws, prohibiting the private possession, consumption, or profitless distribution of the following substances are repealed: all Schedule III oral and intravenous anabolic steroids, all prohormones listed in U.S. 118 Stat. 1661 (including, but not limited to, 4-androstenedione, 4-androstenediol, 19-norandrostenedione, 19-norandrostenediol, and 1-androstenediol), human growth hormone (hGH), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA), mescaline, Peyote, psilocin, psilocybin, d-lysergic acid amide (LSA), lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), salvia divinorum, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ephedrine, opium, cocaine (including freebase cocaine), gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), ibogaine, heroin, 5-methoxy-n,n-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT), 2C-T-7, 2C-B, cathinone (khat), alpha-methyltryptamine (AMT), 5-OH-DMT, amphetamines, dextroamphetamine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, morphine, phencyclidine (PCP), benzylpiperazine, codeine, synthetic cannabinoids, marinol, and ketamine.

Abstain

[Sam Spade]

Sure.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Aye, for the sake of completion.

[Ebowed]

Aye

[Sensei]

Yes

[Bacon King]

Okay.

[afleitch]

Aye

[Jake]

Right on

[Ebowed]

With 7 ayes, the amendment passes.

[Friz]

I will take over sponsorship of this bill.

[Verily]

Bump. We'll move to a final vote in twenty-four hours if there are no further objections.

[Verily]

Debate having ceased, I move for a final vote.

We are now voting on the final passage of the following legislation. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.


Comprehensive Drug Reform Bill of 2007

Section 1: Findings
1. Current Atlasian policy has led to the incarceration of millions of nonviolent drug users, as well as the devastation of several South American economies and environments, and an overall increase in violent crime associated with drug dealing and untreated addiction.
2. Current Atlasian policy treats drug addiction first and foremost as a criminal problem rather than a medical one.
3. Current Atlasian policy is inherently contradictory in that one of the most intoxicating and addictive substances known to man, alcohol, is legal while possession of softer drugs remains a criminal activity.
4. Current Atlasian policy places harsh sentencing and punishment ahead of harm minimization, effective drug education, and addiction treatment.

Section 2: Decriminalized Substances
1. All federal laws, as well as District of Columbia and federal territory laws, prohibiting the private possession, consumption, or profitless distribution of the following substances are repealed: all Schedule III oral and intravenous anabolic steroids, all prohormones listed in U.S. 118 Stat. 1661 (including, but not limited to, 4-androstenedione, 4-androstenediol, 19-norandrostenedione, 19-norandrostenediol, and 1-androstenediol), human growth hormone (hGH), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA), mescaline, Peyote, psilocin, psilocybin, d-lysergic acid amide (LSA), lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), salvia divinorum, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ephedrine, opium, cocaine (including freebase cocaine), gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), ibogaine, heroin, 5-methoxy-n,n-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT), 2C-T-7, 2C-B, cathinone (khat), alpha-methyltryptamine (AMT), 5-OH-DMT, amphetamines, dextroamphetamine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, morphine, phencyclidine (PCP), benzylpiperazine, codeine, synthetic cannabinoids, marinol, and ketamine.
2. This section shall not be interpreted to legalize the sale or underage use of the listed substances.
3. All federal laws, including District of Columbia and federal territory laws, prohibiting certain forms of tobacco (including homegrown tobacco, smokeless tobacco, clove cigarettes, or N. rustica), alcohol (including absinthe, and all related ingredients), or associated paraphanelia (including rolling papers, rolling filter tips, matches, and water pipes) are repealed.

Section 3: Safe Injection Sites
1. The federal government will invest $10 million FY 2009 in the construction of a Safe Injection Site in the District of Columbia.
2. No person using illicit drugs inside of a Safe Injection Site may face prosecution of any kind in relation to the possession or consumption of the drug.
3. All persons entering the Safe Injection Site will be provided with clean needle syringes and any medical care necessary free of charge.
4. A donation of a dollar will be requested upon entrance to the Site. This donation is not required. Donations of any size will be accepted, assuming it is a legal donation.

Section 4: Good Samaritan Provision
1. In all areas under federal jurisdiction, persons calling for medical help for a person who is suffering immediate health problems due to drug use may not face arrest charges for possession or consumption of illicit substances.


Aye

[Jake]

Nay

[CultureKing]

Nay

[Friz]

Aye.

[Platypus]

Abstain

[afleitch]

Abstain.

[Bacon King]

aye

[Sam Spade]

Nay

[Hash]

Nay

[Meeker]

Nay

[Ebowed]

I encourage all of the Nay voters here to suggest how exactly they plan on both reducing drug use and making the lives of drug users safer.

[SPC]

I encourage all of the Nay voters here to suggest how exactly they plan on both reducing drug use and making the lives of drug users safer.

While I am neither a Nay voter nor a Senator, I as an opponent of this bill explained my quelms with it in a National Weekly Atlasian article. The simple decriminalization of drugs will make them safer; they are unsafe current because they are illegal. Legal drugs would be make safer to meet market demand, as safe drugs are going to have better sales than unsafe drugs. It is like asking how the Atlasian government should make bread safer. In addition, I oppose this bill because of the specific wording of it; stating the the following drugs are legalized rather than simply saying that all drugs are legalized.

[Jake]

I encourage all of the Nay voters here to suggest how exactly they plan on both reducing drug use and making the lives of drug users safer.

There was amendment earlier. A majority of you voted against it. You make the bed you sleep in.