 | Press Releases: Help oppose BZP prohibition! |
 Public submissions are now being invited on the Misuse of Drugs (Classification of BZP) Amendment Bill.
This bill seeks to make it illegal to possess and use, sell, supply, import, export or manufacture benzylpiperazine (BZP), phenylpiperazine, and related substances.
Make your views known! Do you think, given the failure of current drug laws, that banning another substance will work? Will it lead to more people using P or drinking alcohol? Do you think other options would be more effective? (eg, enforce the R18 age limit; mandatory warning labels; controls on dosage, pack sizes and ingredients; controls on when and where it can be sold; etc)
The closing date for submissions is Friday, 12 October 2007.
The Health Committee is due to report back to Parliament on 15 November 2007.
The bill has a commencement date of 18 December 2007 (i.e. if passed into law, all provisions making BZP illegal take effect from 18 December). However, a six-month amnesty for possession for personal use expires 17 June 2008.
More information:
The Health Committee's call for submissions
Read the actual bill here (pdf file: requires Acrobat reader)
Social Tonics Association of New Zealand
The NZ Drug Foundation's earlier submission
The NZ Drug Foundation's summary of the research
NORML press release: History shows BZP ban will only make any problems worse
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