PASSED: UN Drug Act
#1

Quote: UN Drug Act

A resolution to ban, legalize, or encourage recreational drugs.

Category: Recreational Drug Use

Decision: Legalize

Proposed by: Jey

Description: The United Nations,

UNDERSTANDING the differences of opinions within member states regarding the legality of recreational drug use;

DEFINES for the purposes of this resolution, a "recreational drug" as a chemical substance whose primarily purpose is to act upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary or permanent changes in perception, mood, consciousness and/or behavior;

1) URGES UN member states to legalize the practice of individual consumption, cultivation, preparation, and possession of recreational drugs, given that these actions pose no threat of harm to any individual other than the user, especially for the following uses:

a. Religious, spiritual, philosophical or other related purposes;

b. Medicinal benefits, such as medicinal marijuana;

2) AFFIRMS the right of UN member states to determine their own laws with regard to the legality of any activity involving recreational drugs, including but not limited to the consumption, cultivation, preparation, possession, exchange, and distribution of recreational drugs by any individual or group of individuals, within their own jurisdiction;

3) STRONGLY URGES states to illegalize the practice of deceiving or coercing others into using drugs, except when administered legally for medicinal purposes by an authorized individual;

4) REQUESTS that those states which allow responsible recreational drug use to support organizations and initiatives for voluntary rehabilitation of those affected by drugs, education on responsible drug use, and prevention of illegal and harmful acts resulting from drug use;

5) URGES states to ensure that their populations have easy access to scientifically accurate, value-neutral information concerning the effects of recreational drug use, especially if such use is legal within the state, and that suppliers of said drugs are not allowed to make false claims about them.

Voting Ends: Sun Dec 24 2006[/quote]
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#2

Another resolution using words like "URGES" to the point of becoming useless. AGAINST.

But do note: if it passes, it won't change anything in Antrium. We still have the right to make drugs illegal, we're just "urged" not to.

And IC-wise: Antrium's strongly drug-free, so even there, I'd have to vote AGAINST.
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#3

Agreed. AGAINST.
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#4

OK, this one is at vote now.

Have at it!
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#5

AGAINST.

Another poorly-worded resolution.
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#6

Nice definition of a "recreational drug". Unlike President Clinton I did inhale but that never made me want to make it legal. Against!
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#7

I'm not convinced that soft mandates would deem a proposal useless; Freedom of Assembly contained very little mandatory language, yet I still think it was an excellent resolution.

This one, however, I don't like. I don't think nations should be "urged" to legalize/illegalize recreational drugs any more than they should be "urged" to legalize/illegalize smoking, drinking, pornography, prostitution, gambling or, for that matter, necrophilia. The rest of the proposal is fine, but Clause 1 is an inappropriate value judgment that the UN is not qualified to make.

I'd vote AGAINST, if my IDU puppet were in the United Nations.
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#8

Quote: How should the Delegate cast the region's vote?
FOR  [ 0 ]  [0.00%]
AGAINST  [ 5 ]  [100.00%]
ABSTAIN  [ 0 ]  [0.00%]
Total Votes: 5[/quote]

The region's vote will be cast AGAINST the proposal.
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#9

It passed.

I can't wait for the repeal...
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#10

What would be the point in a repeal? The main objection to this resolution seemed to be "it doesn't do anything", which is reasonable. But, by extension, repealing it wouldn't do anything either. So why bother?
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#11

Quintessence of DustDec 24 2006, 08:26 PM What would be the point in a repeal? The main objection to this resolution seemed to be "it doesn't do anything", which is reasonable. But, by extension, repealing it wouldn't do anything either. So why bother? [/quote]
True.

It would be good as a cleaning thing, just to get ineffective documents out of the UN so they aren't wasting space.
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