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Posted by norml on Thursday, November 05 2009 (438 reads)
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 Kiaora koutou, welcome to issue #5 of NORML New Zealand's cannabis information e-letter... please forward this email to your friends and
networks!
In this issue:
:: NORML's 2009 Annual Conference: 14-15 November 2009. ===Full Programme Registration Form below===
:: Norml Board – Nominations open for 2010!
:: Drug-driving law takes effect Sunday Nov 1st
:: NORML's submission on "Alcohol in our lives" is now online
:: World News Cannabis Reports: Obama's medical pledge, and more!
:: In The New Zealand Media: drug-driving law, and more.
:: Coming Up: NORML's Annual Conference; Law Commission's Misuse of Drugs Act Review delayed; NORML Marijuana Nation talk radio, more.
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Posted by norml on Monday, October 05 2009 (623 reads)
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Kiaora koutou, welcome to issue #4 of NORML New Zealand's cannabis information e-letter... please forward this email to your friends and networks! (Scroll down for how to subscribe)
In this issue:
:: NORML News Spring 2009 in stores this week!
:: Come to NORML's 2009 Annual Conference: 14-15 November 2009, in Turangi
:: NORML's New Outreach Plan
:: Labour Network formed
:: Funding cannabis law reform - "Campaign 1000"
:: Alcohol in our lives - Law Commission report on alcohol laws
:: World News & Cannabis Reports: 5 Things the Corporate Media Don't Want You to
Know About Cannabis, & more.
:: In The New Zealand Media: cannabis arrests up 25%, Friday 4:20 protests, drug
driving, hair testing & more.
:: Coming Up: NORML's Annual Conference; Law Commission's Misuse of Drugs Act
Review; Otago University "Drugs and Society" course.
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Posted by norml on Monday, July 06 2009 (1466 reads)
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 Current drug laws achieve what the alchemists from the Middle Ages couldn’t manage: turning low cost plant material into something much more valuable, writes Brandon Hutchison.
Early December last year, the NZ Police announced that they had saved the country an estimated $336 million in “socio-economic harm” as a result of their anti-cannabis campaign for the previous year when they had seized, among other things, 128,000 cannabis plants. Detective Sergeant McGill said that this money saved the taxpayer from “drug-related expenses” that would have been spent on drug related crime and health expenses (ref: Stuff website). These figures were calculated using the NZ Drug Harm Index (DHI).
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Posted by norml on Monday, July 06 2009 (1373 reads)
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Considering the huge cost of enforcement and the obvious social cost of prosecuting and imprisoning offenders, it is hard to fathom why a cost-benefit analysis of the prohibition has never been done, writes Brandon Hutchison.
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Posted by norml on Monday, July 06 2009 (1456 reads)
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At last, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 is being independently reviewed, by the New Zealand Law Commission. The latest word is that the Law Commission’s planned discussion paper will be released near the end of 2009. Drug law reform is long overdue, but at least NORML can make use of the extra time to prepare for the coming public debate.
Dozens of government-appointed commissions have already examined the effects of marijuana, and made policy recommendations regarding its use. Overwhelmingly, the conclusions of these expert panels have been the same: marijuana prohibition causes more harm than marijuana use, and the possession of marijuana for personal use should not be a criminal offense.
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Posted by norml on Monday, July 06 2009 (1303 reads)
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Portugal is no longer the great power it once was when it divided the world between itself and Spain. Like New Zealand, it’s a small country that has influence far beyond its size. Today, Portugal is the country that may influence drug policy reform world-wide, writes Phil Saxby.
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Posted by norml on Sunday, September 21 2008 (8041 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 (2802 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 (1828 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 (3221 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 (4987 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 (4714 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 (4575 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 (3690 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 (4952 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 (3851 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 (4526 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 (3385 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 (3595 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 (4585 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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