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[–] leoj@piefed.social 48 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

in 2026 NO 21+ ADULT should get a second look for possessing cannabis.

Come at me.

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I like food and sex.

Come at me.

[–] leoj@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

but do you like candy?

Wait, its smell not like, fucked that one up.

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Signs point to 'yes'

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No they come for the food and get molested by him

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

...way to make it weird dude

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's just candy, bro

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But not combined right....

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

I eat those groceries like ass

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't think you'll meet much resistance on this website...

[–] leoj@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Either way I'm glad I said it.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

This is a different country with different cultural values

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Cultural values that strip people of their freedom for something as harmless as cannabis possession don't deserve respect.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] cockmushroom@reddthat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Violating human rights is more harmful than cannabis usage/distribution/transport?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Which human rights were violated?

[–] mriormro@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

The right to do whatever the fuck I want with my body.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nobody expects the kush-toting meth monks!

[–] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From a quick check, their anti-cannabis laws seems to be not really that old as far as culture goes (and might be related to British colonization, also tied at the hip with opium)

Also:

For recreational usage cannabis is not legal. However, cannabis plays a major role in the traditional culture of the island, with the specific Sinhalese or Sanskrit names virapati (“hero-leaved”), capta (“light-hearted”), ananda (“bliss”), trilok kamaya (“desired in three worlds”) and harshini (“the rejoicers”) indicating its various properties, such as inducing euphoria and heightening sexual energy.

That said, the amount here in this specific case (along with related monk-drug headlines) seems excessive to the point where I wonder if it was a trade/running/money thing.

If it were legal and solely for their own use it would be much better for them to grow and process their own plants (and consume without combustion).

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

~~Thailand was very famously not colonised~~

It was Sri Lanka, oops

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

They were arrested in Sri Lanka though.

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Their cultural values are wrong.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Chapell Roan fan?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

By measure of making someones life worse for a victimless crime.

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 weeks ago

The monks were mostly young students from temples across Sri Lanka and had been on a holiday sponsored by a businessman

Maybe put a travel flag on that business man...

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 9 points 2 weeks ago

You can't spell "enlightenment" without weed.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

People are aware cannabis isn't a narcotic right!?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

legally classified as a narcotic under strict drug control laws, such as the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ah I see, thanks

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Depends on the location. Some places send you emails for discount days, other countries execute you.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

People are. But governments are too busy taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies.

[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"242 pounds of powerful cannabis, officials said."

Lmfao Asian countries are so crazy with the reefer madness mindset. Go after all the meth that runs rampant and maybe if you let people smoke pot and controlled it you wouldn't have so many people on meth.

But nah, keep going after that super scary powerful cannabis that's never killed anyone because it isn't lethal.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Idk, most Asian meth use oral, which isn't all that different than almost everyone I know being on Adderall.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] spork@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

What is powerful cannabis and how does it differ from powerless cannabis?

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is cultural erasure!