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Posted by norml on Thursday, November 05 2009 (19 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 Tuesday, October 27 2009 (615 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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Posted by norml on Monday, October 05 2009 (274 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, August 03 2009 (801 reads)
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 Theme: Thirty Years Too Long: Stop the NZ Drug Wars!
Please book yourselves in for the NORML Annual Conference and AGM in Turangi this year. This is the time and place where members, budding activists and seasoned old hands get together to discuss cannabis law reform strategies, share information, elect the board, and generally plan out the year ahead.
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Posted by norml on Monday, July 06 2009 (857 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 (765 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 (810 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 (688 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 Friday, June 26 2009 (960 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 (1149 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 (5741 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 (1648 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 (2209 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 (2545 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 (5057 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 (2406 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 (2494 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 (3082 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 (3415 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 (3300 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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