You are just attacking this move because it was proposed by Labour.

[Daphne – No, I am criticising this move because marijuana is dangerous, addictive, has ruined the lives and/or personalities of many of my generation and also many of those a generation younger. It is the gateway to more dangerous substances (in my day it was heroin, and several of my contemporaries either died of heroin overdoses or went through long years of heroin addiction followed by arduous rehabilitation programmes overseas, which often failed). In young men who are genetically predisposed (and you have no way of knowing that beforehand) it triggers major psychotic episodes leading to sometimes permanent damage and even schizophrenia. I know of at least three such cases in my own immediate sphere of acquaintance. The terrible mistake the world made with cigarettes should not be repeated with marijuana, which is even more dangerous.]

And people thought that after Lorry Sant things couldn’t get worse.

This government seems hell bent on destroying our society.

[Daphne – In fact, they were not.]

There is no point keeping them illegal other than to widen the pockets of drug lords, because those who want to do it, do it regardless of it being a crime.

The only people I know who never tried drugs are either boring or religious/youth-fellowship types.

[Daphne – I don’t agree. The most boring people of my generation are the drug-users or former drug-users. They still think and speak, and sometimes behave, as though they were mentally, spiritually and psychologically arrested at the time they started used illegal drugs. I can’t explain to you how tedious it is to find yourself talking to a 50+ person who still imagines he’s in the car park at Fortizza circa 1979.]

Just legalize cannabis then, young or old people can get all the pot they need right now with no questions asked.

Controlling and taxing cannabis will take it out the the hands of criminal gangs.

Follow the lead of Uruguay or Colorado or Washington State.

Going to court over a joint in your pocket is not exactly fair when a few beers at the corner bar are more debilitating and dangerous.

If it was not for cannabis, I would have spent the entire day yesterday in bed with my arthritis pain, as the prescribed pain killer that I took in the early morning did not work.

Out of desperation, four puffs on a joint at noon provided me with great pain relief that I was able to function normally and pain free, enough to go in the kitchen and make and bake (and cleanup after) a ricotta pie.

You nailed it.

As long as we find the importers and dealers and make them pay every last cent in VAT and income tax. Even a schoolboy like me knows who they are, so it shouldn’t be too difficult for the government to send those tax return forms to the correct address.

But yes, that’s what I thought too when I read about this decriminalisation of possession of drugs for personal use. It’s going to make things smoother for drug dealers and much easier for young people to start taking drugs.

It is very good for Muscat to have Busuttil or the PN as the only enemy/opposition.

For Muscat this would be simply an easy one-battle one-war situation. If this country is in a mess we are also responsible for that outcome.

We should all convey and show our disapproval in the way this country is being led by this incompetent and malicious government through sound arguments to our family members, friends and colleagues.

The rest – voting, protesting, etc – will come naturally in due course.

I want discussion (what are we doing here?). I don’t want anyone to state that he’s in favour of an unwritten White Paper or bill.

First the PM has to beef up a White Paper and show us his real intentions, then we discuss.

Joseph Muscat is always kite-flying and testing the waters, then if one says that he’s got an objection to the law, he will tweak that part while stating that one is again on the wrong side of history.

I would have accepted gay civil unions, but we ended up with gay marriage plus a right to adopt.

Can’t trust the slimy guy. Can you?