New Zealand 'Revolutionary' legal high law means state regulated drug market

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10822749

I think this is a huge step in the right direction. Please discuss :sunny:

 

Hopefully that means high quality product for New Zealanders. Let's hope we could get so lucky in the US. Alcohol is significantly more dangerous than than most drugs in my opinion, makes people violent and idiotic, yet legal. Gimme MDMA any day

 

Fuck yes, New Zealand! They made first step, hopefully we will see more countries going down this path soon.

 

This is very good news! Let's see how it works out for them.

 

Awesome info! New to HF but in no way am I new if you catch my drift. This will be a testing ground for sure i hope NZ can pull it off without to many other countries trying to shut them down. Peace

 

I really hope they can pull if off efficiently. They are the trail blazers for a legal drug market and will probably continue to be. Hopefully other countries will soon follow suit

 

This is bad a$$ now the us just has to catch onto this

 

So let me get this straight

Developing experimental chemicals that mimic THC, spraying these chemicals onto herbs and selling them to people with no information on long term health effects = OK

Harvesting a THC containing plant that grows naturally = BAD

 

I think the point is to allow the people selling these things to market them as what they are and to require that they identify what chemicals they're selling. It's the right step for rc's and for all drugs if they can continue in that direction successfully. The point is that synthetic blends exist, and as long as they're sold as not for human consumption, they can't identify what chemicals they're selling so people can't really use them safely.

 

Remember that the law is all about precedents. So first little baby steps count a whole lot.

 

Ugh spice products freak me out anyway. What they should do is legalize weed, psychs, and that's it. The rest of drugs is a scary world, especially RC's. Not to say that RC's are all always bad, but they are replacements, which means they are "runner-up" drugs that likely wouldn't be used if they were illegal.

 

lol they are not replacements dude . . . you don't understand the concept of research chemicals. it doesn't make sense to say that methylone is a replacement to MDMA because methylone is an RC, for a few reasons. One, many people prefer methylone to MDMA, so just because something is newer doesn't mean it's not as good as the classics. Second, even LSD, MDMA, and mushrooms have research going on with them (actual research, unlike methylone), so all those are still "research chemicals". Lastly, there are illegal RCs such as 2C-B, which is one of the most amazing psychedelics and is very sought after by anybody who knows anything about psychedelics.

Don't lump all chemicals together and don't judge a chemical just because it wasn't done in the 60s

"RC" really just means that it was invented in the last 20 or less years. It's actually quite a meaningless term.

 

Prohibition is prohibition is prohibition. Arguing over which drugs should be prohibited is useless when the truth of the matter is that no prohibition works in the first place. Sure, make weed and LSD legal so that they can be produced, distributed, and consumed safely, but then you still have all your illegal meth labs, and all your dealers cutting their coke or heroin and selling them in generally unsafe ways. The fact of the matter is that drugs are worse because they're sold on the black market, and they're no less available because it.

 

Very true! This idea may not be perfect at first, but it's a step in the right direction. Portugal had promising results from decriminalizing common illicit substances back in 2001 to help people instead of jail them. It's the same deal with decriminalizing escorting, it eliminates a lot of the STDS, and illegal sketchiness associated with the profession.

 

I often see news-related posts hereabouts, but they're usually bad news, bans, etc. It's great to see some good news for a change!