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Posted by norml on Friday, June 26 2009 (142 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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Posted by norml on Wednesday, April 29 2009 (421 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 (4471 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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Posted by norml on Wednesday, February 11 2009 (890 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 (1483 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 (1735 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 (2744 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 (1694 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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Posted by norml on Monday, September 01 2008 (1772 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 Tuesday, July 15 2008 (2256 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 Tuesday, May 27 2008 (2563 reads)
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Methcon's proposed solutions to meth are just a con, says Chris Fowlie, spokesperson for drug law reform group NORML.
"Former policeman Mike Sabin is keen to drum up business, but his ideas are just more of the same failed policies that have got us into the mess we're already in.
"Calling for more of the same is just nuts! We've tried punitive sanctions for eighty years but it has not worked.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, April 24 2008 (2490 reads)
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Otago University NORML Cannabis Awareness Week Saturday April 25 – Saturday May 3
The long-smouldering debate over cannabis law reform will be reignited when Dunedin activists host a series of public events designed to inform and educate the community about the cannabis plant. The Otago University branch of the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), with support from the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA), is preparing to kick off Cannabis Awareness Week on the Otago University Campus in Dunedin.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, March 20 2008 (4057 reads)
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NORML presents J Day on Saturday 3rd May 2008, a national day of protest against cannabis prohibition, and celebration of Aotearoa's cannabis culture!
J Day events are FREE and run from High Noon to 4:20pm. J Day is an R18 event.
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Posted by norml on Friday, March 14 2008 (2695 reads)
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The NORML CannaBus “4.20 to Dunsterdam” Tour departs at 4:20pm on Friday 14th March from Albert Park in Auckland, and after campaigning in 42 towns in 42 days, with a protest at 4:20pm each
day in each town, will arrive in Dunedin on the
25th of April.
The First Annual Cannabis Awareness Week then leads up to J Day on May 3rd. After that, the CannaBus will make it’s way back to Parliament, then on to a Northland Tour. Join us when we’re in a town near you, and show your support.
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Posted by norml on Saturday, December 01 2007 (3289 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 (2970 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 (2993 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 (2270 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 (3189 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 (2566 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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| March 14, 2008 | | · | Canna-Bus National Tour (3) |
| December 01, 2007 | | · | EXCLUSIVE: Govt to allow Sativex medicinal cannabis spray (3) |
| · | Medical law will benefit all (4) |
| · | Study says smoked cannabis more effective (5) |
| · | Drug Foundation says ''Let's Talk About Pot!'' (1) |
| · | Law Commission to review Misuse of Drugs Act (3) |
| November 30, 2007 | | · | Welcome to Dun-sterdam! (3) |
| · | Auckland 4:20 “doing it in public” (3) |
| · | Why Home Grown Medicinal Cannabis? (1) |
| · | Pauly Paul's Amsterdam Chronicles Pt.1 (2) |
| · | Vapourisers for smokeless inhalation (1) |
| · | Medical Marijuana Dosage and Plant Numbers (1) |
| · | Govt plans for Driver Drug Testing: Reefer madness on the road? (4) |
| November 29, 2007 | | · | Cannabis Culture Banned! (2) |
| · | Electoral Finance Bill an assault on democracy (2) |
| · | Property Seizure 2.0: The Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Bill (1) |
| November 05, 2007 | | · | British Cannabis Use Drops Following Reclassification (5) |
| November 02, 2007 | | · | Support for cannabis law reform still strong (2) |
| November 01, 2007 | | · | Cannabis conversation must be evidence-based (2) |
| October 30, 2007 | | · | NORML's 2007 Conference & AGM (1) |
| October 02, 2007 | | · | Driver drug testing fundamentally flawed (2) |
| September 30, 2007 | | · | Help oppose BZP prohibition! (2) |
| September 16, 2007 | | · | Cannabis ingredient may prevent Mad Cow Disease (3) |
| September 11, 2007 | | · | History shows BZP ban will only make any problems worse (1) |
| September 06, 2007 | | · | NORML's submission on the Electoral Finance Bill (1) |
| July 31, 2007 | | · | New studies remove last objection to Med-Pot (1) |
| July 29, 2007 | | · | Smoke on the Water: the 4th Annual Auckland Cannabis Cup (0) |
| July 28, 2007 | | · | Otago Uni NORML's "Friday 420" gets media attention (4) |
| July 26, 2007 | | · | Thousands of Kiwi patients criminalised by the current law (3) |
| · | Vote on Medicinal Cannabis Bill now 13 Feb 2008 (2) |
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