Nigel Freemarijuana's Drugs Policy

Nigel sees prohibition as a mental illness that has been forced upon us by the USA. It has created the drug problem and through the creation of a massive black market has corrupted politicians, police and judges. It has criminalised a generation of young people and generated community fear and division.

The key to understanding Nigel is that he does NOT advocate drug use or claim that the use of cannabis is harmless. He simply believes that the drug laws do far more damage than the drugs themselves and our leaders must face their duty of care and sanely regulate drugs. For example, it is often claimed that cannabis use causes mental illness, paranoia and alienation from society. While cannabis may be unsuitable for some people, when there is a law saying you are a criminal, the police can arrest you and you and your friends are second class citizens, these feelings are not unreasonable.

Nigel believes that the personal and social consequences of cannabis are no less than alcohol so cannabis should have at least the same legal status. He advocates the availability of cannabis from cafes, legal takeaways and homegrown cannabis (like homebrew beer). This would eliminate the black market and create a booming new industry in Queensland. It would be a massive tourist attraction.

Nigel's policy platform is outlined below;

One Problem

Drugs

-Freemarijuana says No More Drug War, End Prohibition Now
-We need to Switch
-It's a health issue, not a criminal one.
-Re-Legalise cannabis
-Regulate all drugs fairly and safely
-Admit chemical substances are a part of our lives
-do you use any of these? caffeine, nicotine, cannabis, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, hallucinogens, amphetamine.  You are not alone  
-Help vulnerable people to change their lives rather than preaching at them  -Give the $1.7 billion annual cost of the Drug War to the people, not the criminals

Seven Solutions

1. Police, VIP Very Important Police
-Minimum wage $50 000 for police
-Focus on real crime
-domestic violence, sexual abuse, violent crime, corruption, white collar crime, property crime
-No more fighting the Drug War
-Real work, real pay

2. Education, SOS Save Our Students
-Minimum wage $50 000 for teachers
-$200 million annual increase for schools
-Give all children balanced and thorough drug education

3. Crime, Set the People Free
-Cannabis convictions removed from criminal records
-All outstanding drug fines waived and drug prisoners freed
-End to prison overcrowding forever
-$50 million prisoner education and rehabilitation fund
-Slash property crime, theft, violence

4.Jobs, I Have a Job
-$200 million to establish a Queensland Hemp Industry
-5 year research and development fund
-With the results have a 5 year plan setting up Hemp farms   -small collectives with profit sharing scheme
-Young people out of suburbs and onto farms
-Create business opportunities in Hemp value adding
-Hemp seed oil food and cosmetics
-Hemp fibre clothes and paper

5. Health, Imagine a Healthy Queensland
-Minimum wage $50 000 for nurses
-$50 million per year to establish addiction treatment centres
-immediate treatment for drug, gambling or other addictions
-provide the best, scientifically tested, treatment available in the world
-$100 million increase to hospitals
-Research Cannabis abuse problems

6. Environment, Seasons Greetings
-Hemp is environmentally friendly with no pesticides used and three month crops
-Reduce cotton farming and logging
-Address environment crimes

7. Community, The War is Over
-Slash community tension and fear
-$100 million social development fund to rebuild community spirit broken in the Drug War

We must understand that while prohibition is a disaster for the community it serves the interests of some very powerful groups.  These include organised crime, corrupt officials, moral zealots, the petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries and intellectually challenged politicians looking for a scapegoat. The forces of reason face a huge challenge in combating these groups and the years of propaganda that has brainwashed people into seeing prohibition as the only answer. Prohibition has failed and in time we will see this. In the meantime, countless lives are shattered.

Please feel free to contact Nigel to discuss any issues.

Contacts: Nigel FreeMarijuana 07 33698701 or 07 32790503

peacebus mobile 0401 979389

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