Cannabis is the second most popular recreational drug in Australia, preferred by many over drinking alcohol.
1) Lets face the facts, alcohol is a poison and if consumed in large enough doses will kill you and cannabis is not. There has never been a documented death from cannabis use and there seems to be no argument about this.
2) Alcohol leaves you with a hangover, makes people fearless and push the pedal to the metal, whereas cannabis does not (ok, cannabis users can say some pretty stupid things, but they are generally harmless and peace-loving)
3) Cannabis is medicine that we were meant to have, the human body has an endocannabinoid system with receptors waiting for cannabis, it's a healing herb.
The human body does not have an endo-alcohol system.

We now know all of the above due to the scientific research done in Israel, Italy, USA and Spain. Australia is not at the forefront of cannabis research, we live in the shadows of these other countries who started researching decades ago.
So, if you can believe what the scientific community says, cannabis should be legal, should be our natural #1 go to medicine, organically grown under the Australian skies.
There was an article in the Guardian recently, claiming that Jesus our savior used cannabis as a healing oil when performing his miracles, no wonder he was crucified.

If there was a referendum on this issue, maybe things would be set straight. Norml New Zealand are asking for a referendum. I think it would be good move in Australia, though I know little of the insidious ways of politics.

In Australia, the leader of the Sex Party Fiona Patten is pushing to change all this, by introducing a motion to the upper house calling on the government to immediately remove criminal sanctions for the possession, use and cultivation of marijuana for personal use by people 18 and older. " The time has come " she said.
So to all the recreational, medicinal, jesus loving cannabis users out there, supposedly 3 million adults, VOTE FOR THE SEX PARTY next election if you want to change this archaic unjust law that's based on lies.

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

Sex Party leads push to legalise marijuana 

Victorians would be free to smoke and grow marijuana if a push by the Sex Party to legalise the drug is successful.
On Wednesday, Sex Party MP Fiona Patten will introduce a motion to the upper house calling on the government to immediately remove criminal sanctions for the possession, use and cultivation of marijuana for personal use by people 18 and older.

The motion will also urge the government to allow the drug to be grown by farmers, which would create an additional revenue source through taxation.
She will move the motion in a bid to force the major parties to debate the legalisation of cannabis. The matter is set for debate on September 14.
"The time has come," Ms Patten said. "Most people understand that the overseas experience of legalising cannabis for recreational use has had only upsides."
Ms Patten said other jurisdictions that had legalised cannabis had achieved "massive savings" in law enforcement, which had flowed through to unclogging court systems.
She said regulations should also be drafted to allow for the licensing and taxation of farmers, wholesalers and retailers of recreational cannabis.
Ms Patten also wants prohibitions on cannabis paraphernalia, including bongs, to be scrapped "because there is simply no evidence such restrictions work".
She also plans to introduce a private member's bill for the legalisation of recreational cannabis next year.
Although Ms Patten's push to legalise marijuana may be seen as unlikely to succeed, she has achieved wins in other ambitious policy areas.
She has already successfully campaigned to introduce buffer zones around abortion clinics and lobbied to legalise ride-sharing service Uber. She also proposed a parliamentary inquiry into drug laws.
The inquiry will examine the effectiveness of roadside drug testing, harm reduction strategies and whether pill-testing facilities should be introduced at music festivals.
A cross-party committee will produce a report on the inquiry by March 2017.
Victoria will be the first state to legalise medical cannabis in Australia. Children with epilepsy will first get access to medical cannabis next year.
The government has established a horticultural trial for medical cannabis.

references: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/sex-party-leads-push-to-legalise-marijuana-20160830-gr4e29.html