(This is my ongoing series presenting pieces that I am formulating into my own constitution for any future country [including LL]. The wording is not set and is open to changes/additions/subtractions. Posting about it is just to stimulate debate, as should any good creator of a constitution.)
“No Plant Laws
Govt can’t dictate what plants are on a person’s private property or the size of the plants, outside of plants that pose an acute (short time frame) health risk to the neighbors and/or the general public. Any grass-cutting laws are illegal. A neighbor can control any part of a plant that grows into their property.”
People I worked with used to joke that I would spend my whole paycheck on herbs and other nutrition substances, and they were mostly correct. I also have a close family member who is a chemist, who I have barraged with various questions on chemicals. I mention this to say that I have a great deal of experience with plants and chemicals.
I believe that the vast majority of plants need to remain completely legal and unrestricted. There are a small number of plants that can cause very short time frame negative health effects in humans that would warrant, at a minimum, govt issued advice on how to deal with/remove them.
I am considering writing something about substances that effectively “take away your free will” in that they induce a cycle of self-destructive behavior that self-perpetuates indefinitely unless interfered with from outside. Certain plants and/or chemicals that affect the human opioid receptor are candidates for these type of “free will stealing” substances. I am currently unsure if they should be banned or we could just use the “Signs, Billboards, and Media” program to educate the public about them. This problem could solve itself at any point in the future if the epidemic of human pain finds a solution.
The LL Constitution draft that mentions banning “devices of mass destruction” (I support this segment), which basically means things like bombs, that kill indiscriminately friend or foe, are banned. In this vein, we also have to consider banning or “regulating” the chemicals or natural plant sources of bomb making materials, such as most countries currently do. LL might have to adopt some other country’s policy (or international agreement) on controlling chemicals, because LL is unlikely to have chemical scientists within its ranks or the budget to be able to determine its own appraisal of these chemicals.