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Posted by DrPhil on Sunday, February 21 2010 (108 reads)
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Posted by norml on Sunday, February 14 2010 (500 reads)
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 The Law Commission review has not lived up to its promise, despite some good recommendations. Approval of medicinal cannabis is very welcome, and would bring us into line with many other countries and 14 of the United States of America. But the really big problem is prohibition, and the Law Commission has not done what it said it would do – start from first principles. It says we should keep using the same old, unjust, controls that don’t work. A regulated, taxable cannabis market is needed to replace the evils of the uncontrolled, criminal market in cannabis and other drugs. So: what can we do about it?
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Posted by norml on Saturday, February 13 2010 (223 reads)
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 Press release from Dakta Green
"Nobody in New Zealand should be ever punished by their boss simply for smoking cannabis on their own time", said Dakta Green today. "So long as no-one is being hurt and no disturbance caused, what goes on outside of the job is no matter of the company or the employer".
Mr Green was referring to the current investigation by TVNZ into claims that its staff smoked cannabis during a visit to Waitangi on the CannaBus with Dakta Green and members of NORML and The Daktory.
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Posted by norml on Friday, February 12 2010 (515 reads)
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  NORML presents J Day, an annual international day of protest against cannabis prohibition and celebration of our cannabis culture, happening in over 200 cities around the world!
In New Zealand J Day is happening in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
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Read More (1933 bytes) | | Pot Culture | Score: 5
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Posted by norml on Wednesday, February 10 2010 (290 reads)
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The Law Commission review has not lived up to its promise, despite some
good recommendations, says NZ’s oldest cannabis law reform group, NORML.
“The recommendation on medicinal cannabis is welcome, and would bring us
into line with many other countries and 14 of the United States of
America,” says President Phil Saxby. “The big problem is prohibition,
and the Law Commission has not done what it said it would do – start
from first principles. Instead of proposing regulation and controls that
work, it says we should keep using the same old controls that don’t
work. A regulated, taxable cannabis market is needed to replace the
evils of the uncontrolled, criminal market in cannabis and other drugs.”
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Posted by norml on Monday, February 01 2010 (337 reads)
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An Auckland District Court Judge has acknowledged that cannabis law
reformers have "powerful ammunition" in their campaign to end cannabis
prohibition in New Zealand.
"NORML believes the continued persecution of cannabis users in New
Zealand is in breach of the Bill of Rights Act", said NORML NZ President
Phil Saxby today, "which is why Dakta Green, one of our Executive Board
members, made application for a stay of proceedings on Bill of Rights
issues".
Despite denying the application, Judge Anne Kiernan last week described
evidence presented to the court by Dakta Green as "powerful ammunition"
for persuading parliament to reform laws relating to cannabis.
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, October 27 2009 (2371 reads)
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A new testing regime takes effect from 1st November 2009 that will let police officers test drivers for impairment caused by illegal drugs.
Police will first perform a standard breath test, and if the driver passes that but appears impaired, the officer can then require the driver to perform a Field Sobriety Test (standing on one leg, etc). If the officer then believes the driver has failed that test, they can compel a blood test. Any traces of cannabis residue, which for regular users can permanently stay in the blood, will be enough for conviction, whether or not it is enough for impairment.
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Read More (5208 bytes) | | Drug Testing | Score: 5
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Posted by norml on Monday, July 06 2009 (1477 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 (1384 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 (1485 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 (1315 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 Wednesday, April 29 2009 (1833 reads)
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 NORML welcomes the Health Select Committee's acknowledgement that
cannabis is a legitimate and effective medicine, and supports their
recommendation that the Government makes access to the natural cannabis
extract Sativex easier, and "continue to make pharmaceutically-based THC
derivative medicines available to treat serious medical conditions when
traditional methods have failed."
The committee recommended Sativex be put into the Medicines Act so that
GP's can prescribe it without needing an additional specialist or
needing to apply for the Minister of Health for special permission.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, February 26 2009 (6993 reads)
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International J Day is always the first Saturday in May, so this year that means Saturday 2nd May. NORML organised events in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, for people to come along and show their support for repealing cannabis prohibition.
We need your support now more than ever. This year the UN is reviewing it's anti-drug conventions and the signs are looking promising. Here in New Zealand the Law Commission, an independent non-political body charged with fixing broken laws, has turned it's attention to the Misuse of Drugs Act.
J Day is part of the Global Marijuana March, happening in over 200 cities around the world.
PHOTOS OF J DAY 2009 BELOW
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Read More (6335 bytes) | | Pot Culture | Score: 5
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Posted by norml on Wednesday, February 11 2009 (2349 reads)
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Local marijuana law reform advocates are urging a boycott of Kellogg Co., for cutting ties with Olympic champion Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a bong.
NORML New Zealand said it is not Michael Phelps who should be castigated, but rather it's the absurd and hypocritical laws that criminalise the behaviour of Phelps and tens of millions of other successful and productive people like him that is worthy of condemnation.
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Posted by norml on Monday, October 06 2008 (2876 reads)
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The New Zealand Government has approved applications by three patients to use Sativex, a pain-relieving mouth spray made from cannabis.
Sativex is made from cannabis plants grown in the UK under Home Office license, and is approved in Canada and Spain for neuropathic pain relating to MS, and is also available in the UK on a case-by-case basis.
"All previous applications by patients to use medicinal cannabis or extracts have been rejected, so this is a significant step foward," said NORML spokesperson Chris Fowlie. "But Sativex won't work for all patients so it's important that other options are available including other cannabis-based medicines and the right for patients to be able to grow their own."
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Posted by norml on Thursday, October 02 2008 (3305 reads)
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The latest crime statistics released by the Police show they have put more effort into easy busts of pot smokers and less effort into hard drugs like methamphetamine (P).
Cannabis arrests were up 5.8% in the year to 30 June 2008, but arrests for "new drugs" such as meth went down 11%.
"That's a trend everyone should be concerned about," said NORML spokesperson Chris Fowlie. "Polls show the public do not support arresting and jailing people for using cannabis. Most people are more concerned with catching serious crooks, so the police should seriously reconsider their priorities."
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Posted by norml on Sunday, September 21 2008 (8114 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 Tuesday, September 16 2008 (3185 reads)
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The Law Commission has issued Terms of Reference for its review of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.
Significantly, the review will go back to founding principles. Why do we even have drug laws? What is the point? What substances should be included, and should there be penalties at all?
If you have an opinion about cannabis prohibition and how we can out of this mess, now is your chance to get involved and have your say.
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| February 26, 2009 | | · | J Day Saturday 2 May 2009 - International day of protest (0) |
| February 11, 2009 | | · | Marijuana advocates support worldwide boycott against Kellogg's (0) |
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| September 16, 2008 | | · | Law Commission Terms of Reference for Misuse of Drugs Act Review (0) |
| September 03, 2008 | | · | 2008 Auckland Cannabis Cup (0) |
| September 02, 2008 | | · | NORML NEWS Spring 2008 out now! (0) |
| September 01, 2008 | | · | Canadian Judge here to raise awareness of ‘failures of prohibition’ (0) |
| July 15, 2008 | | · | NORML calls on New Zealand to go where many countries have gone before (0) |
| May 27, 2008 | | · | NZ Marijuana Study debunked (0) |
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| · | Law Commission to review Misuse of Drugs Act (3) |
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