Iranian here, it is highly unlikely to happen.but right now something going on under the cities skin which is low enforcement mostly don't show any interest to arrest ordinary users of herbal drugs( for chemical and modern drug it is whole another story,for example X pills.they will find and arrest you.and if you are distributor they will executive you 100%).but they vigoursly arrest and track distributers even herbal drugs.
p.s. if you have questions I would be glad to answer.
Opium is considerably more dangerous than Ecstasy (which was noted as being 'no worse than horseback riding' by the head of Britain's drug advisory board).
Habitual use of ecstasy seems to have significant effects on the seratonin in the brain. Furthermore, dopamine receptor burnout is a real thing. Do enough ecstasy and you'll have a harder time enjoying yourself.
A shrewd move if they do; significantly reducing use of the death penalty would significantly improve Iran's standing on human rights which would likely pay significant diplomatic dividends at zero strategic cost.
>The current regime already envisages the prescription of opium tincture to drug abusers registered at state addiction centres
It amazes me that that policy is not more widely adopted for opium / heroin. It stops addicts having to deal / steal to feed their habit and so the whole thing kind of dies out whereas otherwise it tends to grow exponentially. Seems a bit of a no brainer but it's only intermittently adopted. I see about 120 Americans a day are dying of heroin and going the prescription route would rapidly reduce that towards zero.
As I said in another comment I am from Iran.the thing you are talking about can have huge consequences for regime.(I mean really huge).if they do something like that it will have huge media attention in Iran.people will raise other demands.why not legalize alcoholic drinks?why government keep trying torture girls and boys who have sex outside of marriage in various way? All so many other question . I assure you.if regime agrees to something like that(which I don't think at all,there is no way absolutely). I assure you it is end of Islamic government.
Doubt it. It might not happen until well in Trudeau's term if it happens at all.
They have to create a regulatory framework and all the provinces will want to handle it differently. Ontario government will probably be selling it themselves like they do alcohol and since there's no suppliers of cannabis globally then they'll have to create the infrastructure to cultivate it.
Nothing stops Ontario from buying from B.C. or other existing culrivators of medical marijuana. Scaling these operations, and looking to Colorado as a model, will take a year or so to be sure. I suspect we should have legal weed in 18-24 months tops. Under a minority government, I would have agreed with you. But outside of dubious treaties, there isn't anything preventing this now.
(It is true that they do allow other nationalities to pay for a kidney, however someone of their own nationality must give up the kidney, preventing at least some level of medical/tra splant tourism).
Opium (afeem) is something that is very prevalent in rural parts Iran, Pakistan. Cannabis (ganja) is something that is available easily too. It about time it is legalized and controlled.
Does the strictness of drugs law correlate with general political repression?
Some people suggest drugs are pushed by governments to pacify their populations, but I'm not aware of any governtments on the west's "bad-guy" list that take that approach. Would it actually work?
Any citations or reading that supports this? I've always thought that cannabis lends itself to a freer thinking, it's often associated with more liberal attitudes.
p.s. if you have questions I would be glad to answer.