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Plethora_of_squids t1_ixvbyk3 wrote

Reply to comment by Wewillhaveagood in Tasmanian flower farmer ‘shocked’ to learn she planted opium poppies by mistake by AsslessBaboon

Actually no, Australia has quite strict rules regarding poppies. You have to get a permit to grow these poppies and outside that it's illegal, even on a personal level. Even varieties that have been altered to not produce the opiate precursor aren't allowed.

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Terrariola t1_ixynnfe wrote

> Actually no, Australia has quite strict rules regarding poppies. You have to get a permit to grow these poppies and outside that it's illegal, even on a personal level.

  1. Literally, literally 1984.

> Even varieties that have been altered to not produce the opiate precursor aren't allowed.

The above, but without the sarcasm.

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Wewillhaveagood t1_iy6msst wrote

I'm days late, but you've missed my point - these are commercial farms for industry

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ThePacmandevil t1_ixwts37 wrote

what a nice, free country.

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Chief_Beef_BC t1_ixwvw5w wrote

They let y’all make drugs where you’re from?

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CoffeeFox t1_ixx9c0o wrote

Papaver somniferum seeds are sold at garden stores in the US, Canada, the UK, and as far as I am aware all of Europe.

Australia is unusually restrictive and paternal in their governance, generally. Adults cannot purchase video games that portray drug use without moralizing against it, for example, because it is impossible to be adult enough in Australia to make that kind of purchasing decision without permission from a surrogate parent.

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Lentemern t1_ixyez25 wrote

They let us exist in the vicinity of a plant, yes.

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ShadowDragon8685 t1_iy073d2 wrote

Australia is the country which tried to introduce minimum breast and hip dimensions for pornography actresses, out of fear that particularly lithe ladies might "excite paedophiles."

So yes, Australia is well-known for being overly-paternalistic in its regulations, and this coming from someone who is constantly screaming for more regulations.

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Lentemern t1_iy0v1hw wrote

Wouldn't that be a good thing? If pedos are jerking off to adults rather than actual children?

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ShadowDragon8685 t1_iy1si8z wrote

Are you expecting backwards-ass, patriarchial, moralizing lawmakers to make laws and public policy that make sense from a "how do we shape the law to cause the most good for the most people without doing harm to anyone"?

Because they're coming at this from the perspective of "those people are ways that we don't like, how can we shape the law to inconvenience, harm, and kill them as expediently as possible!"

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ThePacmandevil t1_ixxplnk wrote

I can legally grow weed in my backyard, and buy poppy seeds at pretty much any gardening section.

if growing opium free poppies counts as "making drugs" down under, no wonder it's a nanny state.

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