It has been removed from the Victorian Crimes Act, don't know about you other folk.
It's been abrogated in NSW - The Premier State as well. There's still sentencing for encouraging others to commit suicide though, for example as a part of a suicide pact.
I am not going to rant here about my thoughts on the legalisation of mary jane. Bollocks is waiting for the opportunity to give me a word-lashing over it... again... 
Ah, don't be shy now, I'll support you for one. Bud should definitely be decriminalised, albeit it should be regulated in some way. I think the Dutch have the right idea here. Why fund the criminal structures when you can tax the product, minimising the risk at the same time? :s Fair enough, the Cannabis reform and the introduction of infringement notices is a step forward, but it's simply not enough - leaving it at police discretion is foolish, they are people too, maybe they're having a bad day and decide to lock some poor hippy up for his measley plant.
Semi automatics should also be legalised. Now I know the problems associated with this, so perhaps they should only be sold to, say, someone who has held a firearms license without any incident for a certain period - 2 years would be fair. This way only the genuine sportsmen (like me) would be able to get em, and not the head cases who go and shoot up public places. To make it even safer, maybe a hardcore psychological evaluation is in order.
