Today on the news I hear 500,000 worth of herbal cannabis caught.

Also 2 million worth of resin was found in a van.

One of the guys under 25 years of age who was taking part in the import of these goods is an accountant in a reputable estate agents in Dublin. This just shows the calibur of some of the people willing to risk themselves and affiliate themselves with the wrong people to get this product into the country. I feel for this accountant.

The days of cannabis illegality are numbered. It is my mission to plough down any toolbag who thinks it should still be illlegal. I will plough through and cut you in half.

Screw this country and screw the ideals of the 'old gard'. It is time we developed as a nation and moved on from this pro-hibition.

Think of the amount of money involved here. Just remember this money has gone into the hands of some criminal gang already in some other country. This several million has already been paid to the bad guys and now our own Irish citizens who are productive members of society are going to jail. Think about it for a second. This capture is nothing. NOTHING comapred to what is coming into this country every week. All this money is going offshore and into criminals hands to bring this stuff in.

We need to legalise weed and we need to do it NOW.

It will be my life mission to get it legalised for the health of our young people and to keep money in the country. HUNDREDS of millions are leaving this country for cannabis imports alone and HUNDREDS of millions of tax payer money is being spent trying to stop it.

MILLIONS of taxpayers money is then used to put these productive members of society into jail. I create jobs, I smoke weed, yet I am a phucking criminal also. WAKE UP ---- Leave the backwater ideals behind and lets move on.

Weed is good, the war on drugs is FUTILE and very EXPENSIVE and allowing a product for the gangs / criminals to sell and fund their operations.

GODDAMMIT people cop to phuck on and legalise WEED.

hear hear, I offer my assistance after i find my skins

No argument here.

Cannabis like any drug has side effects.

Many lives and families have been badly effected by Cannabis abuse.

It has helped many as well. I would rather have a conversation with a stoned individual than a drunk one.

The ones you refer too, I doubt, smoked cannabis by itself only. Wake up.

Do you see the crap they sell in the 'head shop' ? Its mind warping chemical induced dung with 10 / 20 ingredients. You think its better than cannabis?

DO YOU EVEN REALISE THAT OUR BODIES HAVE CANNABIS RECEPTORS. Its like our bodies are designed to consume it. Whereas the other drugs including alchohol work AGAINST your body rather than in harmony with it.

You are one of the people I will be nailing to the floor.

Pointless action by the Gardai, clamping down on Cannabis is like cutting head off the hydra. Many more domestic grow ops will spring up as demand is high and cultivation is easy.

But in official Irelands eyes, that of the end of year Garda reports, local drug task forces and endless cribbing from the likes of Grainne Kenny, this will be presented as a success. Meanwhile people will continue to get stoned.

I fully agree with the opening post. The only option is to legalise and regulate cannabis in ireland.
The stuff like 'spice' and 'xxx' they sell legally in head shops much more damaging to young people than cannabis.

Even if the Gardai were to seize 70% of all cannabis imported into Ireland all it would do would be to double the price on the streets of the remainder as it is 'scarce'.

Also, that rise in price would see a renewed flood of foreign grown cannabis to take advantage of the new higher price available.

There is no economic argument for prohibition. There's a hell of an argument against it.

question must be asked why the insistance on not legalising - who is profiting from prohibition, definitely not the public

I wont go the dull 'so has alcohol/cigarettes/paracetamol route' because its boring.

What I will say is that I gave up smoking a few weeks back but I still dont see a reason to ban them.

The government dont give a f**k about our health, never have, never will.

No one has the right to ban a plant and I include heroin poppies and the coca plant in that as well. People getting high is no business of the government.

Most of the ugly, impotent, obese wasters are alcoholics anyway.