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Posted by norml on Monday, October 06 2008 (56 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 (60 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 (187 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 the following independent stores:
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, September 16 2008 (228 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 (287 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 (684 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 (870 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 (1121 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 (2492 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 (1241 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 (1624 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 (1573 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 (1464 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 (1023 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 (1450 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 (1304 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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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (1334 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY HARRY CORDING
In late 2005 a small group of
Auckland activists started
meeting in Albert Park at 4.20 on
Friday afternoons. Two years on,
the weekly 4.20 Sessions have
become the city’s focal point for
cannabis activism.
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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (1542 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY HARRY CORDING (Additional reporting by Chris Fowlie)
The government wants to introduce a new offense of driving under the influence of illegal
drugs. Is it necessary - or reefer madness in a fluoro vest? Does the government need
something else to arrest us for? And with cannabis the most popular illegal drug, the question
arises: is stoned driving dangerous?
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Posted by norml on Thursday, November 29 2007 (1657 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY CHRIS FOWLIE
Customs have finally succeeded in having an issue of Cannabis Culture magazine banned. The May/June 2007 issue, imported from Canada and distributed by The Hempstore, was sent to the Office
of Film and Literature Classification. In a decision released in late October, the Office ruled the issue “objectionable”, meaning it cannot be sold or read in New Zealand.
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Posted by norml on Thursday, November 29 2007 (1447 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY CHRIS FOWLIE
NORML told Parliament’s Justice and
Electoral Reform Committee the Electoral
Finance Bill is “anti-democratic, draconian
and corrupt” and strongly recommended the
Bill be withdrawn.
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| November 30, 2007 | | · | Welcome to Dun-sterdam! (3) |
| · | Auckland 4:20 “doing it in public” (3) |
| · | Why Home Grown Medicinal Cannabis? (1) |
| · | Medical Marijuana Dosage and Plant Numbers (1) |
| · | Govt plans for Driver Drug Testing: Reefer madness on the road? (4) |
| · | Vapourisers for smokeless inhalation (1) |
| November 29, 2007 | | · | Property Seizure 2.0: The Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Bill (1) |
| · | Cannabis Culture Banned! (2) |
| · | Electoral Finance Bill an assault on democracy (2) |
| 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 | | · | Medical marijuana research news (1) |
| · | Thousands of Kiwi patients criminalised by the current law (3) |
| · | Misuse of Drugs Act to be reviewed (2) |
| · | Vote on Medicinal Cannabis Bill now 13 Feb 2008 (2) |
| · | BC3 extradition hearing delayed (1) |
| · | Jamaican Ganja Culture (0) |
| · | Canada approves Sativex for cancer pain (1) |
| · | Cannabis has “clear benefits” for HIV patients (1) |
| · | Police want to seize Granny's house (1) |
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