Posted inFor Media & Students

Councillor calls for cannabis reform

  Today (Tuesday May 22) at 4.20pm Jim Mora will host a discussion on RadioNZ between Sandy Mulqueen, Tim Watkins and Graham Bell from Police 10-7. A Waimate councillor is calling for cannabis decriminalisation for the good of her community. Sandy Mulqueen has formed a lobby group and has made a submission in the council's long term plan outlining a project to decriminalise marijuana for personal and medicinal use.…
Posted inFor Media & Students

Radio NZ Insight: Is it time to legalise cannabis?

  8:12 am Sunday 27 May: Insight: Is it time to legalise cannabis? Sometime during 2012, 385,000 New Zealander adults will smoke cannabis, eat it, inhale its vapours, drink it as a tea or use it as a compress.  United Nations figures show the country has among the highest rates of cannabis use in the world. Does that mean the law prohibiting its use is not working?  And if…
Posted inEvents Press releases

J Day Sat 5th May 2012

Saturday 5th May 2012 is the 20th Annual J Day! UPDATE 7 MAY: Thanks to everyone who came or who helped make it happen. Photos on Facebook! Come along and show your support. J Day is free, runs from High Noon to after 4:20, and is intended for adults only (R18). Bring a banner, your buddies, wear your favourite pot t shirt (or a power suit/dress!), paint yourself green,…