Cannabis is listed as a second-level drug in Taiwan. Many celebrities have been arrested for smoking cannabis, but many European and American countries have legalized it. Now doctors and lawyers have initiated joint legalization of medical marijuana. What kind of medical treatment does marijuana have? Effect? Should it be legalized? Analyze this issue from the medical, patient, and legal aspects to give readers a deeper understanding of this issue.
Li Jingqi, a lawyer who represented the Green Party in the legislative election, has green hair that makes people look at her. She also regards the legalization of marijuana as a political opinion. Although she was not elected, she always considered herself a marijuana lawyer. She also specializes in marijuana cases and operates the Podcast program "Big Trouble", downloaded more than 100,000 times. When she was interviewed, she chanted the slogan "Use marijuana to save the drug addicts" and advocated smoking marijuana tax to help other treatment to drugs addiction. Paradoxically, Li Jingqi insisted on legal marijuana smoking, but she screamed, "Don't touch marijuana, it hurts!" on the show. She thinks this is not a contradiction, "Because the legalization of marijuana in Taiwan still has a long way to go."
"I'm talking to different people." The 31-year-old Li Jingqi talked about marijuana on the show. What she was talking about was law, rights, and culture. She confessed: "Cannabis is a teaser, something that attracts everyone to listen to" because Stoner (marijuana users) and ordinary people will want to know what to do when they encounter a police check? Can the police request a body search? Why is marijuana a secondary drug? "I was exhausted to answer." She laughed and said she didn't want to talk about social issues when she started the show, so she made her topic marijuana.
Uber transport will be censored: a typical stoner story.
On the day of the visit, Li Jingqi was about to go to the High Court to open a drug case. Her client was Mr C in his 30s. When the issue happened, she returned to Taiwan from Japan and Alcohol Testing Station from the airport. The police officer said she smelled marijuana coming from the car. Police checked his luggage and found out it was a flute that detected marijuana residue. One of his Japanese friends gave him the flute. In the end, he was charged with second-degree drug possession, but the first instance believed that he might not know there was marijuana residue in the card's flute, and he was found not guilty. But the prosecution appealed the second instance.
Li Jingqi pointed out that Mr C's experience is a typical cannabis sentence because the police can only do alcohol testing at the alcohol test station, let alone searching for passengers' luggage. Still, the police will say, "I smell marijuana" and "Take it out by yourself" and other words, asking passengers to cooperate in the search, "Why use smell? Because the smell is invisible, there is no evidence." Some police even search illegally beforehand and ask the person concerned to sign the voluntary search consent form afterwards. The parties were searched illegally with "consent" because they did not understand the law. It turns out that the ghost stories in Li Jingqi's mouth refer to those bizarre "enforcement" encounters.
Therefore, Li Jingqi taught the audience on the program that if there is no search ticket, you can refuse to search, and there is no arrest on the spot; it is not a criminal. Don't sign the consent form indiscriminately. Otherwise, it will be a waiver of rights. Li Jingqi emphasized: "Enforcers must first abide by the law!" She is not trying to teach everyone to drill loopholes but to tell the people what the rights are given to you and how the "Criminal Procedure Law" and the "Exercise of Police Powers Act" are restrained. The power of the state.
Li Jingqi also talked about the law, "If Cannabis grows to 5 cm, this is the crime of cultivating Cannabis. There is fixed imprisonment of more than five years, the manufacture of second-level drugs, and a fixed-term sentence of more than seven years. That sounds reasonable, but the manufacturing of second-level drugs has a special commutation rule for confession and sentence reduction. Still, there is no plantation so that people can reduce two years of more than seven years to two years, and the sentence can be suspended, but there is no sentence reduction for planting marijuana, so the sentence cannot be suspended." Li Jingqi finished this sentence to us. Before long, the justice declared that the crime of planting marijuana was the lightest five-year sentence. This sentence was unconstitutional. Cannabis activists regarded this as a milestone, but Li Jingqi believed that this was just the beginning.
First experience of marijuana: Understanding the mentality of smokers
Li Jingqi's first exposure to marijuana was when she went to a Dutch marijuana store with a friend many years ago and spent six euros buying marijuana cigarettes. "It's a bit like you feel a little bit drunk, very relaxing." The marijuana also made her lose her sense of boundaries. "Because of the high level of vigilance among people, after using marijuana, everyone will feel like everyone is good friends." She said that after using marijuana, she would feel thirsty and hungry, and the feeling of relaxation would last for about half an hour. Although she did not feel addicted, she understood why many people took the risk to use marijuana illegally in Taiwan.
Li Jingqi said that after returning to Taiwan, she contacted the rapper Yang Bin's cannabis case and the 420 Taiwanese members who promoted the legalization of Cannabis. Cannabidiol) and CBD (cannabidiol) have many medical uses, but Taiwan's THC tolerance is only 10ppm. Exceeding the standard is classified as a secondary drug cannabis product, while CBD is regarded as a drug, only a small amount is allowed. For own use.
However, in the United States, CBD, which has soothing and relaxing functions, is made into drops of health food. Still, because hemp products sometimes contain THC ingredients, the United States stipulates that the content of THC in food-grade CBD drops should be less than 0.3%. People can use CBD drops for symptoms such as sleep apnea.
Li Jingqi showed us various CBD dropped from her collection and presented them to the manufacturer. Some of them are dripped under the tongue and absorbed by the mucous membrane, and people can take some with water. The effect is mainly to relax and relieve stress.
Marijuana tax can help other addictions.
After using marijuana and marijuana products, Li Jingqi believes that Taiwan does not need to live in the shadow of the Opium War and stigmatize marijuana for a long time because now more than 20 states in the Netherlands, France, and the United States have legalized marijuana. In contrast, the Asian country Thailand, South Korea has also opened up the legalization of medical marijuana, and even Japan is preparing to open CBD clinics. Taiwan should open its heart to embrace this wave.
The first step should be to open up medical cannabis preparations and study the functions of Cannabis in-depth so that everyone can clarify whether the benefits of Cannabis outweigh the disadvantages. After a social consensus is reached, the public can discuss the decriminalization of cannabis use. Li Jingqi believes that it will be relatively good. The ketamine and other chemical drugs that cause bladder shrinkage are relatively low addictive and abusive. If the government can decriminalize Cannabis, users who use other drugs will be transferred to use Cannabis. It may be an addictive substance reduction alternatives.
In addition, decriminalization of marijuana can also liberate the resources of the judiciary. Li Jingqi believes that people who abuse addictive substances are regarded as crimes and punishing them in prison will not quit an addiction. Instead, they will be labelled and given up by themselves. Therefore, Li Jingqi believes, Drug addicts should be treated medically.
Li Jingqi even boldly proposed that the "green economy" may become the dawn of agriculture in Taiwan. Li Jingqi believes that Taiwan has excellent agricultural technology and biotech talents, and hemp is a high economic value crop. Suppose Taiwan can legally grow it under strict control. In that case, Cannabis, including planted lamps, greenhouses, watering, harvesting, breeding, pest control and other equipment, will become a part of the cannabis industry chain. Even Taiwan can make its cannabis varieties, such as Formosa No. 1 and No. 2. "This is. We must grow an agricultural product better than others."
Li Jingqi once wanted to put forward a slogan, "Grow hemp, no heavy industry." Because she saw that many areas of Taiwan are polluted by heavy industry, but the high economic value of hemp may change Taiwan's financial structure. Li Jingqi said that because hemp is afraid of pests, an agricultural doctor once told her that it should not be difficult to cut a section of insect-proof genes into hemp. No kidding, the whole world will want it." Li Jingqi got more excited as she talked about it.
I asked her if marijuana is legalized, a high degree of management is required. Would the cost of management be lower than the cost of current control? Li Jingqi said that the cost could be reflected in the selling price of marijuana because, in the current situation of illegal marijuana, there is also a cost: the cost of being caught. Therefore, one gram of marijuana currently sells for about 1,000 yuan. Still, if it is under a highly regulated situation, To legalize marijuana, you can set marijuana prices, smoke marijuana tax, and use the tax to quit other addictive substances. Li Jingqi widened her eyes and said to me: "Smoking saves long-term photos, and smoking cannabis saves drugs. Worm, why not?"
Li Jingqi seemed to be quite confident and even named Chen Baiwei, a new member of the latest science and technology legislator, 3Q, to fulfil her promise to support the legalization of medical marijuana before the election. After that, she would write a plan to lobby the legislators. Li Jingqi emphasized that the public should be correct. To get to know marijuana is not about not listening, not talking, not talking, and losing the opportunity for rational discussion.
Li Jingqi said that she is often referred to as a "poison lawyer" recently. She has also received intimidation and threats for promoting the legalization of marijuana. Netizens have also hacked her, but she is the more fighting spirit. "I am quite happy. Red, no one wants to care about you."
Note: Cannabis is currently a secondary drug in Taiwan.
Manufacture, transportation, and trafficking of marijuana carry the most severe sentence of life imprisonment.
The transfer of Cannabis carries a maximum penalty of 5 years' imprisonment, and the use of marijuana has a maximum of 3 years' imprisonment.
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