Botany and their "illegal" plants

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So now the other point of discussion is... should weed bans be taken more seriously or not?
It is TECHNICALLY seen as contraband in the games code, so why is having a ban recieved with such a "meh" from security?

Quite a lot of other items are seen as contraband in the game code even if they aren't really dangerous or anything, for example basketballs, or toy sabers, or foam dart guns.
Them being contraband is similar to public urination, underage drinking and reading Beep's journal being a crime.

Consider that each time security is confiscating a weed leaf, they could have been RPing/on a chase/doing something that is productive or fun.
Putting a weed bad is unfun for everyone:
-Botany gets their work shredded
-Sec loses their time
-Crew gets VERY self antaggy
-Sec generally gets hated even more, as if their relationship with the crew wasn't already tense enough

So just, why doing all this, when you can just let people do what they enjoy, and don't waste everyone's time and efforts?