Amendment to Act 23 and 24

[Tasneem]

23. All alcoholic beverages are hereby banned from the Kingdom.
23.2 Alcoholic products may not be imported into the Kingdom.
23.3 The production of alcohol is prohibited, those found producing alcohol shall be fined N1,000 for the first infraction and then imprisoned for any subsequent infractions.
23.4 The government will provide free rehabilitation clinics to aid those with the dieseae, alcoholism.
23.5 Breweries will be eligible for subsidies until they have made the transition to more lawful productions. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will oversee and hasten these transitions.

24. The production, possession, and importation of tobacco, or any tobacco products, is hereby prohibited.
24.2 The government will produce educational materials to educate the populace on the dangers of alcohol and tobacco products.
24.3 Tobacco products shall include: all varieties of cigarettes, cigars, snuff, and chewing tobacco.
24.4 The Natopian Defense Force is authorized to use necessary force to disrupt and dismantle any illegal activities regarding the production, possession, or importation of alcohol or tobacco products.
24.5 The following substances shall be classified as illegal and have the same status as alcohol and tobacco products:
a. Cocaine, in all forms
b. Heroine, in all forms
c. Methamphetamine
d. LSD, a.k.a. "acid," in all forms
e. Ecstasy
f. Marijuana
g. PCP, "angel dust"
h. Ketamine
i. Amphetamine
j. OxyContin
k. Nicotine
l. Or any combination of 24.5a through 24.5k.
24.6 All first instances of production, possession, and importation of these illegal substances will result in a N1,000 fine. Subsequent instances of production, possession, and importation will result in incarceration for 20 years and a N10,000 fine.

Should be amended to incorporate the ideas mentioned in the thread about culling the royal code.

Here's some of the things that were said:
Brian:

In my opinion, should be appropriately modified to get rid of alcoholic bans and tobacco bans, the former we already discussed.

Nathan:

again... the drugs.... how hypocritcal would it be to only un ban tobacco and alcohol (well, alcohol might be acceptable to re-allow) and keep everyother substance banned?

well then. if alcohol is such a formal pasttime, perhaps it can be unbanned... but only restaurants that have a liquer lisence can sell it... and a liquer lisence will be expensive and restricting on the restaurant... SO much so that the restaurants (and perhaps "classy bars") will want to enforce such restrictions as maximum alcohol intake per person.

Z:

Legalize alcohol! I should be able to go have a glass of wine with my dinner. I should be able to have a Martini if I want to! These are my god given rights! (Not to imply that I've done any of that ;D )

I also believe we should legalize Marijuana I'm series but not particularly dedicated to that cause. (I dont have any personal need to be able to smoke pot in Natopian borders)

But I'm very committed to allowing alcohol. But I don’t support legalizing ciberates. Alcohol is in no way shape or form guarantied to cause serious harm, and or death. Cigarettes on the other hand are.

And Nate again:

Fine... ill vote to keep alcohol... with age limit of 18.

but no cigarettes. and no pot.

actually... while watching a drunk actually crawl up on an SUV and just fall flat on his face on the pavement... joel and i began to think... why do bars throw people out AFTER they've had too much to drink... so that they are certain they will be a hazard to other drivers? therefore... i say we can remove alcohol prohibition... BUT require that any bar have a bus... i mean... u need ur ID to get the alcohol... so then they have ur address... so at the end of the nite... the load all the druinks in the bus and take u home. if u need to be kicked out... the bar calls a cab.

all this on the government's dime... coz i think this empire needs to be more socialist

So are we keeping all of this or what?

Debate

[Nathan]

actually... the book i jsut finished reading "The Tipping Point" argues that cigarettes are only popular with teens because of the "taboo" associated with it... and that some people are able to have a high tolerance from nicotine before becoming addicted to it... the "social smokers" who can go days without a cig and feel fine.

the point of it was, teens will smoke because they shouldnt... they want to experiment and rebel... the author of the book argued that if we could just make the experiment more safe.... by reducing the amount of nicotine so that smokers still get the good feelings... but low enough so that teens who are experiments do so, but do not become addicted.

maybe we could legislate a lower level of nicotine in cigs?

[Tasneem]

Yeah, we can add that in too