Cannabis year in review: the referendum’s long shadow
For the second year of the zombie apocalypse, covid cast a long shadow over everything, the referendum left us in…
Police persecute medicinal cannabis suppliers – this isn’t the kindness or reform we were promised!
Police have been under fire for raiding and prosecuting people using and producing medicinal cannabis products – but the blame…
Police prosecuting “Green Fairies” who provide medicinal cannabis
New Zealand police have busted at least three “Green Fairies” – providers of medicinal cannabis to patients who need it,…
Chris Fowlie on The Daily Blog – Even one cannabis arrest is one too many
Originally published on The Daily Blog, 23 July 2015 I’m either stupid or in denial, because apparently the police have…
Chris Fowlie on The Daily Blog: Healthy hemp foods kept off shelf by Oz cop roadblock
Originally published on The Daily Blog 8 July 2015 Australian police have convinced politicians to extend the ban on one…
Chris Fowlie on The Daily Blog: One of many punished and not supported
Originally published on The Daily Blog, 25 June 2015 This Friday 26 June is global “Support, don’t punish” day, which aims to…
New Zealand still the world’s top consumer of cannabis
New Zealand and Australia have the highest rates of using cannabis in the world, according to the United Nation’s 2012…
NORML call on 2500 to take Court action
NORML New Zealand is calling on all 2500 people charged for cannabis in Operation National to enter Not Guilty or…
Problems with cannabis potency claims
New Zealand Police are complaining that domestic cannabis has apparently “quadrupled in strength“. Aside from the obvious point that if…
Drug driving campaign may backfire
NORML supports efforts to reduce impairment on the roads, and our own “Principles of Responsible Cannabis Use” invoke a no-driving…
New Police Policy of ‘Two Strikes’ Will Hit Maori Hard
NORML NZ says a new police programme whereby first-time offenders caught committing minor crimes are being let off with a…