DOWNLOAD AND SIGN NORML'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PETITION!

chris · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:37 pm

from here:

http://www.norml.org.nz/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=17

or http://www.norml.org.nz/article607.html

or click on the "resources" link at the top center of this page.

Collect as many signatures as possible, then send your completed petitions either to NORML, PO Box 3307, Auckland, or directly to the Health Select Committee, Freepost, Parliament, Wellington.

Include a short cover letter explaining that the signatures collected are in support of NORML's medicinal cannabis petition which they are already considering. It's even more helpful to send a photocopy of the petition to your local MP so they know there is plenty of support in their electorate.

There is plenty of support out there so gathering signatures isn't hard. TV3's poll found 63% of Kiwis support medical use. An online poll this week found 74%. One shop we have the petition in collected 700 signatures in a couple of weeks. Billy McKee collected 200 in one day! He's also offering a mystery prize for the activist who beats him and collects the most signatures.

Note: the petition is in rich text format which any computer can open. If it doesn't format properly, click on File > Page Setup and adjust your page margins so it fits on one page.
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solarpowered_candle · Heavy User Joined: Dec 15, 2006 Posts: 323 Location: NZ

Chris whats the final date for returning signed petitions?

SMR · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:48 pm

i've printed some of these out

are there any circulating at the weekly 420 meets?

Tony · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:10 am

Chris,

This is a continuance of the original petition and building on that I gather ..

I trust this is trying to gather numbers without a specific target , but more to display public opinion .Or is there an event coming up the petition will be supporting?

tony

fukd · Enthusiast Joined: Apr 13, 2008 Posts: 100

is this still running???

paula · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:18 pm

Good question, I'll find out. I'm not sure because NORML made their submission to the Health Select Committee last week. They got the hearing based on the petition being presented a couple of months ago.

I think the rules is one petition on a particular topic per parliamentary term. Thats the reason Neville Yates' rather large petition hasn't gone in yet. Will get back to you because I don't think there's any harm in continuing it so theres something to present it to the next government and perhaps get another hearing.

chris · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:24 am

Collecting signatures on this petition is finished.

Now, the best thing people can do, and this would actually be very useful, is to write to Sue Kedgley, chair of the Health Select Committee, and express your support for the petition.

Anyone can do this. Just say you heard about it in the media, or on a website or whatever, and say you support the intention of the petition. You can go into more detail if you wish.

email sue.kedgley@parliament.govt.nz (make sure you say "To the chair of the health committee" otherwise you're writing to her as an MP)

or write to: the Health Select Committee, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

do it now!

Chris
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mfinest · Heavy User Joined: Jun 20, 2006 Posts: 365 Location: NZ

sent an email of support today. Just do it, it only takes a few minutes to write an email.

paula · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:53 pm

I sent one this morning and just got this :


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