 | NZ Elections: Health board candidates front up |
 Anonymous writes:
"From article by Caitlin McKay in 28 September 2004 edition of Oamaru Mail
It was the usual rhetoric with a striking difference - a cannabis plant.
Up to 30 people turned out to a 'meet the Otago district health board candidates' last night at the Blind Foundation Hall in Oamaru last night.
For a bit of light relief, board candidate and pro-cannabis campaigner, Paul McMullan, said if elected he would use his position to promote the legalisation of cannabis.
To show he meant pro-dope business he plucked a weary plant from his backpack pocket.
But returning to the topic at hand, he pertinently promoted more preventative measures such as maintaining a healthy lifestyle and eating well, ensuring people were more responsible for their own health - thus reducing stress on local hospital services.
"I have only been in hospital once to get my tonsils out and haven't been to the doctor for 10 years. But no man is an island and I have a family."
The only Waitaki candidate, Helen Algar...
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