Aus: "The WikiCurve" Interactive timeline of the drug debate

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The Drugs Dilemma
Should the Government decriminalise drugs?

Australians have been debating drug law reform for decades, their thinking influenced by global events, domestic movements and personal tragedies. To understand the current state of the debate, it is instructive to follow the development of the issue through time.

To have your say on WikiCurve, scroll through the timeline and vote on the events that you think have been influential in shaping the drug debate. You can also add new events if you think they made an impact. Your vote on events will help shape the curve and tell us how advanced the development of the drugs dilemma has become. Instructions for use. Read more about WikiCurve.
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http://wikicurve.smh.com.au/#52
 
I think this might be my first post if it is, hi everyone!. I really should stop reading those comments it always starts the same way... see a new post on DitM, i then feel we are making progress in legalizing drugs, then i ruin it read the comments and then reality sets in.:(
 
thehauntedx said:
I think this might be my first post if it is, hi everyone!. I really should stop reading those comments it always starts the same way... see a new post on DitM, i then feel we are making progress in legalizing drugs, then i ruin it read the comments and then reality sets in.:(
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Don't give up hope. If the 18th amendment (the prohibition of alcohol) of the United States Constitution can be repealed (by the 21st amendment), then I believe that this war on drugs will end eventually (and I don't mean 50 years from now). I think that in about a decade, as more and more conservative baby boomers fade into history, we'll end this war. The 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs treaty will be broken/dissolved as more and more nations who signed it implement contradictory drug laws and policies. I know you're Australian (and I'm Canadian) but we'll likely follow suit if the US ends its war on drugs (regardless if Mr. Harper is still PM).
 
Yeah the amount of talk about ending the war on drugs taking place now, compared to just 3 or 4 years ago, is astounding. Most of those in the know already realize it's a failure, and increasingly the public are catching on too. It's just a question of when general outrage will begin to outweigh the power of special interests and political corruption.

I think the next few years, with several US states and some countries in Latin America dabbling in legalizing marijuana, along with (hopefully) a second term from Obama freeing him up to adopt a more progressive stance on drugs, are going to be very telling.
 
baby steps, guys n gals. it's the only way such public policy change works.
 
Crankinit said:
I think the next few years, with several US states and some countries in Latin America dabbling in legalizing marijuana, along with (hopefully) a second term from Obama freeing him up to adopt a more progressive stance on drugs, are going to be very telling.
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We can only hope, he hasn't been too kind to the medical marijuana movement so far. I'm looking forward to the US changing its policies so that the rest of the world can benefit and we can all move forward.
 
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