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Posted by norml on Thursday, September 06 2007 (1269 reads)
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 To the Justice and Electoral Select Committee
Submission on the Electoral Finance Bill
6 September 2007
This submission is from the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML New Zealand Inc)
We wish to appear before the committee to speak on our submission.
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Posted by drstuey on Saturday, October 01 2005 (3008 reads)
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NORML are absolutely gutted that former NORML activist Nandor Tanczos, narrowly failed to make it back into Parliament after the final election results were announced today.
The Greens did increase their percentage vote after specials were counted, but agonisingly fell about 1300 votes short of seeing Nandor elected as their 7th MP.
More soon. :-(
 Share your thoughts on this sad event in the forum (registration required). Or read more for full coverage.
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Posted by drstuey on Tuesday, July 19 2005 (2712 reads)
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The Green Party today fired a pre-election shot by releasing a new private members bill that proposes $100 instant fines for people caught with up to 28g of cannabis or growing up to 5 plants. If people are caught using or growing cannabis within 100m of a school or other place that young people go to, the fine increases to $500. People aged under 18 will get a $100 fine and a referral to a drug education counsellor.
NORML welcomed the bill, saying any form of cannabis law reform would be an improvement over the current system, and because it addresses some of the negative side-effects of instant fines, as experienced in the Australian states, by removing the special search powers police have for cannabis, and setting the fines at a lower level that Australian states.
Nandor's Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Infringement) Amendment Bill is an attempt to appeal to more people - and MPs - who can see there is a problem now, but have been unwilling to support legalisation. The bill has little chance of being drawn from the (random) ballot before the election, but the Greens say they will be taking it into post-election negotiations with Labour.
Read more for reaction around the web. Discuss the new Green position in the NORML forum (registration required). Have the Greens watered down their policy too much, or is this a brilliant pre-election attack on the prohibitionist camp? Have your say!
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Posted by drstuey on Thursday, June 09 2005 (3117 reads)
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Gearing up for the election, United Future have released a new drugs policy. And it makes scary reading, it suggests:
- harsher penalties for dealing, for dealing to "young people", for driving under the influlence, and for receiving income from the proceeds of drugs.
- drug testing of all offenders and all workplaces to be encouraged, with mandatory drug testing of all prisoners, people on parole, car accident drivers and suicides
- mandatory treatment for all drugs offenders, including those not convicted, also for all people that fail a drugs test
- confiscation of money and property for "suspected" drug dealers with the onus of proof shifted onto the suspect, and
- make drug dealers an accomplice to any crime committed by their 'customers'.
There has been lots of reaction around the web, most notably Russell Brown's Hard News, see read more for more!
It is clear that another Labour-Progressive-United government will be a disaster for law reform. Only a Labour-Green government will deliver change. Make sure you are registered to vote, and when the time comes, make sure you get out and vote.
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, May 24 2005 (3211 reads)
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Revealing their promises of "stable government" to be a farce, the Otago Daily Times reports that United Future threatened to bring down the Government unless they agreed to their latest demand to make de-regulating drugs more difficult than toughening up.
Green MP Nandor Tanczos said the last-minute change stemmed from United Future's fear that "expert advice might find cannabis to be safe."
United Future are busy proclaiming themselves as the party who "locked in" the legal status of cannabis, but the reality is that law reform was always going to require a full amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act, as simply shifting cannabis to the new Class D would not change all the other laws and regulations governing cannabis.
Cannabis is shaping up, yet again, to be a major election issue. Make sure YOU vote only for candidates and parties who support ending cannabis prohibition! [click here for our election guide]
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Posted by norml on Sunday, December 05 2004 (3451 reads)
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Anonymous writes:
"From article by Caitlin McKay in 28 September 2004 edition of Oamaru Mail
It was the usual rhetoric with a striking difference - a cannabis plant.
Up to 30 people turned out to a 'meet the Otago district health board candidates' last night at the Blind Foundation Hall in Oamaru last night.
For a bit of light relief, board candidate and pro-cannabis campaigner, Paul McMullan, said if elected he would use his position to promote the legalisation of cannabis.
To show he meant pro-dope business he plucked a weary plant from his backpack pocket.
But returning to the topic at hand, he pertinently promoted more preventative measures such as maintaining a healthy lifestyle and eating well, ensuring people were more responsible for their own health - thus reducing stress on local hospital services.
"I have only been in hospital once to get my tonsils out and haven't been to the doctor for 10 years. But no man is an island and I have a family."
The only Waitaki candidate, Helen Algar...
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Posted by drstuey on Monday, July 19 2004 (3504 reads)
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ALCP candidate Dun MIHAKA came second to new Maori Party MP Tariana TURIA. Dun beat 4 other candidates, all independents, in the first by-election for 6 years. See the full results, including special votes, on the elections website.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, July 01 2004 (3325 reads)
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The by-election in Te Tai Hauauru, caused when Tariana Turia resigned from Parliament to start a new Maori party, brought cannabis policy into the headlines, and cannabis is very much an issue in the campaign, writes PHIL SAXBY in NORML News Winter 2004.
0800 elections
elections.govt.nz
TE TAI HAUAURU
enrol to vote!
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Posted by norml on Wednesday, February 18 2004 (4034 reads)
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 Many cannabis law reform supporters are involved and concerned with local issues, particularly those that affect their families. NORML encourages these people to stand for their children's School Trustees Board, and to support existing Trustees to question the STA's stance on Cannabis Law Reform.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30 1999 (3207 reads)
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by Jonathan Hill, Scoop Media, 30 June 1999
Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald's request to the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party to stand aside and endorse the Greens at the election has been rejected by ALCP Leader Michael Appleby.
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