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Posted by norml on Sunday, September 21 2008 (2740 reads)
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 NORML News is now on sale at book and magazine stores and stationers all over the country, including many Whitcoull's and Paper Plus outlets, plus many independent stores.
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Posted by norml on Wednesday, September 03 2008 (1524 reads)
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 Norml News Spring 2008
AUCKLAND’S CANNA CUP
moved to a new location this
year - a surprisingly lush
and completely hidden inner
city oasis with a dancefloor,
waterfalls, mirror balls, and
ganja galore - located downwind
from the cop shop.
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, September 02 2008 (841 reads)
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There have been plenty of changes happening with Norml News, New Zealand's marijuana magazine. Not only a new look, thicker cover and 20% more pages, but also ... wait for it ... a $5 COVER PRICE!
Norml News Spring 2008 will go on sale at Whitcoull's and other major retailers from Monday 15th September. NORML will get back $2.80 from every issue sold!
But don't panic - regular readers will still be able to get it for free from the usual places.
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Posted by norml on Monday, September 01 2008 (1763 reads)
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A member of a US group of current, former and retired law enforcement officials is touring New Zealand to raise awareness of the failures of prohibition, as well as offer solutions that have proven to be successful.
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Posted by norml on Saturday, December 01 2007 (3284 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 (2961 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 (2988 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 (2265 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 (3183 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 (2557 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 (2947 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 (1991 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY METIRIA TUREI, GREEN MP.
Our medicinal cannabis
bill has come under some
criticism because it proposes
that patients registered as
medicinal users should be
able to grow cannabis for their
own medical use. This part of
the bill is used by those who
argue that the bill is simply a
mechanism for recreational
users to access cannabis.
What they fail to acknowledge
is that cannabis is extremely
expensive to purchase in any
form, whether for recreational
purposes or more importantly,
for medicinal purposes.
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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (2161 reads)
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 NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY JONATHAN RENNIE
Inhalation of cannabis
provides optimal dose
delivery due to its rapid action
and easy titration. However
this usually requires smoking,
which raises separate health
issues. This can be overcome
by the use of vapourisers,
which allow lung delivery
without smoking. Moreover,
it should be noted that
especially for those suffering
from terminal illnesses, the
cumulative damage caused by
smoking is of minor concern.
It would seem pernicious
to deprive them of relief in
deference to anti-smoking
sentiment.
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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (2770 reads)
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Medicinal cannabis patients have widely
varying needs: some need only a few
specks of pot as their symptoms require, while
others may need to medicate almost all the time,
although individual dosages may change with
time or severity of symptoms.
It is not unusual for patients using cannabis to
consume far more than the average recreational
user - particularly those with chronic pain or
other severe ongoing symptoms. It’s interesting to consider what the authorities have to say about how much medi-weed is appropriate.
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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (2873 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 Friday, November 30 2007 (1658 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY PAULY PAUL.
Amsterdam, mecca to ganga worshippers, world capital of sin and
the crossroads of Europe. Many avid followers of marijuana culture
will make the pilgrimage to the Dam, and I am no exception. It did not
disappoint. In fact it far exceeded expectations!
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Posted by norml on Thursday, November 29 2007 (3272 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 (2886 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 Thursday, November 29 2007 (1944 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY CHRIS FOWLIE
The Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Bill
is a significant erosion of civil liberties
and will almost certainly see the innocent
punished.
It proposes to seize people’s assets even though they have not been convicted of any crime. It
violates fundamental norms of justice,
such as the presumption of innocence and
the prohibition on double jeopardy, and
could also breach the New Zealand Bill of
Rights Act.
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, July 31 2007 (2846 reads)
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VAPORISATION IS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD TO DELIVER THC, ACCORDING TO A CLINICAL STUDY
NORML News, Winter 2007. By Chris Fowlie
The most common objection to medical
marijuana is that smoking is
bad for you. Never mind that
marijuana is not tobacco, does
not contain nicotine, and has
anti-cancer and anti-tumour
properties. Or that terminal
or seriously ill patients are
more concerned with quality
of their remaining life than
whether they could get lung
problems in several decades
- if they are still alive.
Prohibitionists ignore these
facts when they deny patients
and doctors access to medical
marijuana. Now, two new studies have
blown that last remaining objection
away, and should pave
the way to allowing
medicinal use.
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