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Posted by norml on Friday, June 26 2009 (1569 reads)
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 Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei's private member's Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill will be put to a first vote on Member's Day this Wednesday 1st July 2009.
This is the first time that a bill aimed at rolling back some of the harsher provisions of our War on Drugs has ever been put to a vote in the New Zealand Parliament. This is well behind many other developed and affluent nations who have already put forth medical cannabis laws. And yet all previous amendments to the Misuse of
Drugs Act have been aimed at making sanctions tougher and even more inhumane.
NORML calls upon all Members of Parliament to put aside politics, show compassion and support this Bill for its First Reading. Let the issue go to select committee so it can be debated and the people of New Zealand can have their say.
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Read More (3487 bytes) |   | NORML Press Releases | Score: 0
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Posted by norml on Wednesday, April 29 2009 (1815 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 Monday, October 06 2008 (2864 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 Tuesday, July 15 2008 (3918 reads)
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Representatives from drug law reform organisation NORML appeared before the Health select committee this morning, presenting evidence in support of their Medicinal Cannabis petition, which received over 6,000 signatures.
“Political interference to safe access of medicinal cannabis is no longer justifiable,” said Will de Cleene, vice-president of NORML.
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Posted by norml on Saturday, December 01 2007 (4992 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 (4719 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 (4581 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 Friday, November 30 2007 (3387 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 (4590 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 Sunday, September 16 2007 (4880 reads)
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Scientists at the National Centre for Scientific Research in France, have found that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, may prevent the development of prion diseases, the most well-known being "mad cow disease" or BSE (bovine spongiforme enzephalopathy).
It is believed that the BSE may be transmitted to humans, where it is known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The condition is often fatal and spreads easily.
"The latest study adds to the huge amount of scientific evidence supporting the medicinal use of cannabis," said NORML spokesperson Chris Fowlie.
"Green MP Metiria Turei's bill to allow the medicinal use of cannabis should be supported by any MP with a clear head. Unfortunately most politicians act like mad cows whenever cannabis is mentioned."
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, July 31 2007 (4317 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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Posted by norml on Thursday, July 26 2007 (4360 reads)
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DOWNLOAD AND SIGN NORML'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PETITION!
An estimated 11,000 seriously ill New Zealanders
use cannabis for pain relief and other serious medical conditions.
While the Misuse of Drugs Act already allows the
Minister of Health to approve the medicinal use of
cannabis, not a single application has ever been approved. The process is too onerous and cumbersome and should be changed.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, July 26 2007 (3432 reads)
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NORML News Winter 2007.
A selection of recent studies on the medical benefits of cannabis, edited by Chris Fowlie.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, July 26 2007 (4458 reads)
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NORML News, Winter 2007.
Inhaling cannabis significantly increases
daily caloric intake and
body weight in HIV-positive
patients, is well tolerated,
and does not impair subjects’
cognitive performance.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, July 26 2007 (3881 reads)
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GW Pharmaceuticals and Bayer HealthCare
have announced the Canadian Health
Ministry has approved their cannabis extract
Sativex for the relief of cancer pain.
Sativex is already approved and marketed
in Canada for the relief of neuropathic pain
in multiple sclerosis. The latest approval is
for “adjunctive analgesic treatment in adult
patients with advanced cancer who experience
moderate to severe pain during the highest
tolerated dose of strong opioid therapy for
persistent background pain”.
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, May 08 2007 (3443 reads)
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braindead writes:
" By Lester Grinspoon, Boston Globe.
A new study reveals that pot relieves pain that narcotics like morphine and OxyContin have hardly any effect on, and could help ease suffering from illnesses such as multiple sclerosis and diabetes.
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Note: Lester Grinspoon, an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, is the coauthor of "Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine.
This article originally appeared at http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/48749/
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, May 08 2007 (3728 reads)
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sthauckgrowers writes:
"Oakland marijuana author Ed Rosenthal -- who was facing a retrial on cultivation charges -- was hit with nearly a dozen new charges including money laundering and tax evasion in a superseding indictment issued by a federal grand jury in San Francisco today. "
Note: http://cbs5.com
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, May 08 2007 (3570 reads)
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Velocitor writes:
"WASHINGTON -- A drug-maker said Tuesday the federal government has approved a new pill for cancer patients that includes a synthetic version of the active ingredient in marijuana."
Note: http://www.wgal.com
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, May 08 2007 (3499 reads)
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steveoh writes:
"Wednesday, Oct, 19 (HealthDay News) -- Even though they're chemically similar, marijuana smoke is less likely than tobacco smoke to cause cancer, according to one expert review of the literature."
Note: This item appeared in the USA Yahoo News WED OCT 19, 7:02 PM ET
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, May 08 2007 (3160 reads)
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braindead writes:
"Analysis of Studies Finds Little Effect From Long-Term Use
By Sid Kirchheimer
WebMD Medical News
July 1, 2003 -- Long-term and even daily marijuana use doesn't appear to cause permanent brain damage, adding to evidence that it can be a safe and effective treatment for a wide range of diseases, say researchers.
www.webmd.com"
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