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Posted by norml on Thursday, April 24 2008 (171 reads)
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 Otago University NORML Cannabis Awareness Week Saturday April 25 – Saturday May 3
The long-smouldering debate over cannabis law reform will be reignited when Dunedin activists host a series of public events designed to inform and educate the community about the cannabis plant. The Otago University branch of the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), with support from the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA), is preparing to kick off Cannabis Awareness Week on the Otago University Campus in Dunedin.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, March 20 2008 (1577 reads)
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NORML presents J Day on Saturday 3rd May 2008, a national day of protest against cannabis prohibition, and celebration of Aotearoa's cannabis culture!
J Day events are FREE and run from High Noon to 4:20pm. J Day is an R18 event.
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Read More (2825 bytes) | | Pot Culture | Score: 5
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Posted by norml on Friday, March 14 2008 (491 reads)
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The NORML CannaBus “4.20 to Dunsterdam” Tour departs at 4:20pm on Friday 14th March from Albert Park in Auckland, and after campaigning in 42 towns in 42 days, with a protest at 4:20pm each
day in each town, will arrive in Dunedin on the
25th of April.
The First Annual Cannabis Awareness Week then leads up to J Day on May 3rd. After that, the CannaBus will make it’s way back to Parliament, then on to a Northland Tour. Join us when we’re in a town near you, and show your support.
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Posted by norml on Saturday, December 01 2007 (636 reads)
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 NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008
A new study has shown what patients have said all along: smoked cannabis is more effective than pills containing synthetic THC.
Researchers at Columbia
University in New York
said “Smoked marijuana …
has a clear medical benefi t
in HIV-positive [patients]
by increasing food intake
and improving mood and
objective and subjective sleep
measures.”
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Posted by norml on Saturday, December 01 2007 (755 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008
Former Minister of Health Pete
Hodgson ordered officials to pave
the way for New Zealand doctors to
prescribe the cannabis extract Sativex.
Sativex is an extract of whole cannabis
from the UK that is sprayed into the
mouth and quickly absorbed by the mucus
membranes, allowing immediate relief
and easy dosage - without the smoke.
A draft application form for doctors
obtained by Norml News says Sativex
will be approved under s8 of the Misuse
of Drugs Act and s109 and s29 of the
Medicines Act for “nausea, anorexia and
wasting (cachexia) associated to cancer and
AIDS, or chronic pain (including cancer
pain) for which other pain relief treatments
are ineffective, or have significant/severe
adverse side-effects; or neuropathic pain
(associated with conditions including
multiple-sclerosis, stroke, cancer, spinal
cord injury, severe physical trauma and
peripheral neuropathy resulting from
diabetes) or muscle spasm and spasticity
associated with MS or spinal cord injury.”
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Posted by norml on Saturday, December 01 2007 (602 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008
Sativex is to be approved
for the treatment of a host
of conditions, according to
Medsafe papers obtained by
Norml News.
The mouth spray is an extract
of whole cannabis, grown under
license in the UK.
While Sativex will be an
effective and long-overdue
treatment for many patients, it
should not be the only option.
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Posted by norml on Saturday, December 01 2007 (435 reads)
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 NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008
The New Zealand Drug Foundation says too much time and energy has been spent on party pills, at
the expense of a rational discussion on New Zealand’s third most popular recreational
substance. It has launched “Let’s Talk About Pot”, calling on the public of New Zealand to
focus on a subject most politicians would rather ignore, writes WILL DE CLEENE.
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Posted by norml on Saturday, December 01 2007 (702 reads)
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 NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008
The Misuse of Drugs Act is to be reviewed by the Law
Commission. It is the first time in over thirty years that the Act will be reviewed in its entirety, and the person in charge is former Bill of Rights Act champion Sir Geoffrey Palmer, writes WILL DE CLEENE.
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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (694 reads)
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 NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY ABE GRAY
Down in Dunedin we have been taking matters in to our own hands. On the heels of our successful hot-boxing
of the Dunedin Central Police station two J Days in a row, we’ve established a weekly mini-J Day on the
Otago University campus, Friday 4:20, which as you can imagine is held on Fridays at 4:20pm, on the Union
Lawn. This weekly event has become a safe zone, where cannabis smokers know they can come and smoke in
peace, safe from persecution and arrest, in a fun, social atmosphere.
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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (674 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY HARRY CORDING
In late 2005 a small group of
Auckland activists started
meeting in Albert Park at 4.20 on
Friday afternoons. Two years on,
the weekly 4.20 Sessions have
become the city’s focal point for
cannabis activism.
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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (635 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY HARRY CORDING (Additional reporting by Chris Fowlie)
The government wants to introduce a new offense of driving under the influence of illegal
drugs. Is it necessary - or reefer madness in a fluoro vest? Does the government need
something else to arrest us for? And with cannabis the most popular illegal drug, the question
arises: is stoned driving dangerous?
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Posted by norml on Thursday, November 29 2007 (779 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY CHRIS FOWLIE
Customs have finally succeeded in having an issue of Cannabis Culture magazine banned. The May/June 2007 issue, imported from Canada and distributed by The Hempstore, was sent to the Office
of Film and Literature Classification. In a decision released in late October, the Office ruled the issue “objectionable”, meaning it cannot be sold or read in New Zealand.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, November 29 2007 (618 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY CHRIS FOWLIE
NORML told Parliament’s Justice and
Electoral Reform Committee the Electoral
Finance Bill is “anti-democratic, draconian
and corrupt” and strongly recommended the
Bill be withdrawn.
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Posted by norml on Monday, November 05 2007 (819 reads)
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British cannabis use has declined sharply in the three years following the government’s decision to make possession a non-arrestable offence, according to the latest figures from the UK Home Office’s annual Crime Survey.
"With cannabis in the headlines here again, it's important to acknowledge that moving away from prohibition is not associated with an increase in use," said NORML's spokesperson Chris Fowlie.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, November 01 2007 (845 reads)
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Advocates of evidence-based cannabis laws today commended the New Zealand Drug Foundation's efforts in kick-starting a rational conversation about cannabis, but said they risked falling into the same trap they sought to avoid.
Chris Fowlie, spokesperson for the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), said he was pleased to be invited to present ideas for effective cannabis laws in the latest issue of the Drug Foundation newsletter.
"Whatever your take on the health effects of cannabis – and we all have our opinions – it is clear that prohibition has not worked, and a drugs policy re-think is in order," said Mr Fowlie in a guest column written for Matters of Substance.
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, October 02 2007 (1171 reads)
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Although scientific research indicates that cannabis actually has far less impact on the psychomotor skills needed for driving than alcohol does, and is seldom a causal factor in car crashes, the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) supports safe driving behaviour and promotes a set of "Principles for Responsible Cannabis Use", which includes "no driving".
However, NORML has some serious concerns regarding drug testing drivers.
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Posted by norml on Sunday, September 16 2007 (1266 reads)
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Scientists at the National Centre for Scientific Research in France, have found that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, may prevent the development of prion diseases, the most well-known being "mad cow disease" or BSE (bovine spongiforme enzephalopathy).
It is believed that the BSE may be transmitted to humans, where it is known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The condition is often fatal and spreads easily.
"The latest study adds to the huge amount of scientific evidence supporting the medicinal use of cannabis," said NORML spokesperson Chris Fowlie.
"Green MP Metiria Turei's bill to allow the medicinal use of cannabis should be supported by any MP with a clear head. Unfortunately most politicians act like mad cows whenever cannabis is mentioned."
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Posted by norml on Thursday, July 26 2007 (1219 reads)
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DOWNLOAD AND SIGN NORML'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PETITION!
An estimated 11,000 seriously ill New Zealanders
use cannabis for pain relief and other serious medical conditions.
While the Misuse of Drugs Act already allows the
Minister of Health to approve the medicinal use of
cannabis, not a single application has ever been approved. The process is too onerous and cumbersome and should be changed.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, July 26 2007 (1352 reads)
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ANDERTON PUSHES FOR PARTY PILL BAN
NORML News, Winter 2007. By Will de Cleene
The possession, sale, distribution and
supply of party pills will be as illegal
as cannabis by the end of this year. So said
Associate Minister of Health Jim Anderton on
June 28, when he announced plans to reclassify
benzylpiperazine as a Class C1 drug.
But the news may not be all bad. After thirty
years of failure, the Misuse of Drugs Act could
be in for a complete re-write.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, July 26 2007 (1296 reads)
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NORML News, Winter 2007.
By Metiria Turei, Green MP.
Compassion for ill New Zealanders is a core
New Zealand value. Many campaigns
for legislative or policy change have been
about supporting and protecting the ill. My
campaign enabling doctors to prescribe
medicinal cannabis to patients supports
thousands of ill New Zealanders who may
benefit from this option, relieving the pain of
(for just a few examples) nail-patella syndrome,
muscle spasms, phantom limb pain, chronic
pain, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia and the
wasting syndrome from HIV/AIDS.
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| November 02, 2007 | | · | Support for cannabis law reform still strong (2) |
| November 01, 2007 | | · | Cannabis conversation must be evidence-based (2) |
| October 30, 2007 | | · | NORML's 2007 Conference & AGM (1) |
| October 02, 2007 | | · | Driver drug testing fundamentally flawed (2) |
| September 30, 2007 | | · | Help oppose BZP prohibition! (2) |
| September 16, 2007 | | · | Cannabis ingredient may prevent Mad Cow Disease (3) |
| September 11, 2007 | | · | History shows BZP ban will only make any problems worse (1) |
| September 06, 2007 | | · | NORML's submission on the Electoral Finance Bill (1) |
| July 31, 2007 | | · | New studies remove last objection to Med-Pot (1) |
| July 29, 2007 | | · | Smoke on the Water: the 4th Annual Auckland Cannabis Cup (0) |
| July 28, 2007 | | · | Otago Uni NORML's "Friday 420" gets media attention (4) |
| July 26, 2007 | | · | Misuse of Drugs Act to be reviewed (2) |
| · | Medical marijuana research news (1) |
| · | Thousands of Kiwi patients criminalised by the current law (3) |
| · | Vote on Medicinal Cannabis Bill now 13 Feb 2008 (2) |
| · | Jamaican Ganja Culture (0) |
| · | BC3 extradition hearing delayed (1) |
| · | Cannabis has “clear benefits” for HIV patients (1) |
| · | Police want to seize Granny's house (1) |
| · | Canada approves Sativex for cancer pain (1) |
| July 25, 2007 | | · | Word! A guide to writing letters that get published (1) |
| July 24, 2007 | | · | Saliva tests not reliable (0) |
| · | Police Act under review (0) |
| July 23, 2007 | | · | Riverside Hemp (0) |
| · | BUSH DOCTOR: Damp winter blues (0) |
| · | Property Seizure 1: The Proceeds of Crimes Act 1991 - What you need to know (1) |
| May 08, 2007 | | · | Marijuana Gains Wonder Drug Status (1) |
| · | It's Been an 'All Out War' on Pot Smokers for 35 Years (1) |
| · | ED ROSENTHAL CHARGED WITH ADDITIONAL COUNTS (2) |
| · | Synthetic Pot Pill Gets FDA Approval (1) |
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