Comment on Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas to be illegal by end of year

• Blake@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And even better, also legalise drugs like weed which these are being used as a legal substitute for?

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  • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nos isn’t a substitute for weed…

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Neither is alcohol. But with freer access to cannabis in Canada fewer are drinking as much.

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  • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Absolutely, although I wouldn’t say NOS is substituted for weed all that much. Also, the legal limit for weed and driving should be raised, particularly since the government asked the scientific community where the level of impairment was and then set it lower.

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    • Worx@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m in favour of legalising drugs, but driving is dangerous and should only be done when you are sober and able to give your full attention.

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      • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Absolutely, however if the level of intoxication is below the level of impairment, then the drug is not having a negative effect on driving.

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      • Tropic420@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We have this discussion currently about Weed in Germany. Its so annoying to See articles with headlines Like “cannabis behind the wheel” etc. Noone ist advocating for people to Drive under the influence. But If i smoked a Joint on friday and get stopped on monday, i’ll lose my drivers license even though im sober. Drugs stay in your system way longer than the actual effect.

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• RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s a lot of effort to built up such a deposit system

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  • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s in no way unfeasible - and the deposits end up paying for the ongoing operation of the system.

    Which is better, addressing the littering problem directly, or criminalising and litigating against a bunch of people with a law that can’t be enforced if they have a can of cream on them?

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    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The deposit is just a deposit, it doesn’t pay for anything. Are you sure you understand how the deposit in this case works? You pay for something and you get that back when you return the item.

      Maybe you should look into something like the Finnish bottle deposit scheme. It’s great but those take quite some time and effort to set up and get running properly.

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      • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not everyone returns and collects the deposit back, these deposits end up funding the operations.

        If the Finnish scheme is anything like the German scheme, that’s what I was thinking of. Although it doesn’t need to be quite so widespread with machines inside every supermarket.

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