bringing you the real facts…
This is a great unbiased documentary, showing some real scientific studies, and is hosted by an addiction specialist who has dealt with Heroin and Cocaine addicts. Although it does show some Cannabis ‘addicts’ their behaviour cannot be applied to all cannabis users.
Near the end it also shows the labratory where the drug Sativex is made from cannabis plants.
NORML NZ is hosting the only Auckland Public meeting to talk about the review of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 by the Law Commission. The review is taking place right now, and the law commission is accepting submissions here but if you want to have your say or turn up in support, come to:
Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Location: Western Springs Garden Hall
Street: 956 Great North Road, Western Springs
Town/City: Auckland, New Zealand
We need all the support we can get. If you use cannabis, and you are in Auckland I urge you to attend. If we overflow the venue it will create a scene and the powers that be will know we disapprove of this law.
Hope to see you there!! Bring your non-cannabis-using friends too!
The New Zealand Law Commission is reviewing the Misuse of Drugs Act. The next time they do with will be in 25 years. They are accepting submissions through their website so submit yours here.
This is the submission by the admin of this site:
The time to act to protect the public from hard drugs is now. People talk about cannabis being the gateway drug, when really, it is the current Misuse of Drugs Act that is gateway LEGISLATION.
Because cannabis is driven underground with all the other hard drugs, this means that the only way for people to get hold of cannabis is to go to drug dealers, who most probably want a customer for their more expensive, and more addictive drugs.
With 51% of the population having tried cannabis and up to 15% of the population actively using cannabis that makes for a lot of people to potentially have exposure to hard drugs. It also shows that despite the illegality of cannabis, people are willing to smoke it.
We need to take control of cannabis out of the hands of drug dealers and gangs. These unregulated distributors sometimes adulterate or lace their cannabis with harder drugs, or harmful substances such as lead particles (to make it weigh more) or microscopic glass beads (to make it look more potent).
This makes the drug a significantly more hazardous to the health of the people that choose to smoke it (regardless of the legality), because the government doesn’t provide a means of safe access.
Cannabis has been scientifically and anecdotally proven to be beneficial for over 300 ailments and diseases. Making cannabis a class D drug would open up the doors for research on it, allowing scientists to extract the chemical cannabinoids and make newer, safer, and natural drugs.
It is a little known fact that in the human body there are four types of cannabinoid receptors (that have been found so far). Cannabinoids are produced in three ways. Naturally by the human brain (endo-cannabinoids), naturally by the cannabis plant (phyto-cannabinoids) and artificially in labs.
I would also like to compare the situations between the Netherlands and the United States. The United States Government is vehemently opposed to drug tolerance, treat drugs as a criminal issue and as a result have very high drug use rates. The Netherlands on the hand, regulate the use of soft drugs, and treat drugs in general as a social health issue – I.E. providing easy access to education and rehab for those that want it. The Netherlands drug use rates are half that of the United States. These figures can be found within 5 mins on google.
Do I need to mention what happened when the United States prohibited Alcohol?
To put cannabis into the class D category is to take a step in the right direction. It is to take a step into governmental control of drugs, instead of governmental restriction. This is what is needed to protect our citizens from hard drugs.
New Zealands first cannabis club. The Daktory
From the documentary HIGH: The True Tale of American Marijuana.
Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron deconstructs the reasons why the war on drugs needs to stop. From the documentary HIGH: The True Tale of American Marijuana.
American Republican Ron Paul has a debate with Stephen Baldwin about legalizing cannabis on CNN.
Reporting from secret farms and not-so-secret grow houses of marijuana cultivators, Lisa Ling goes into their world where marijuana is not just a drug but a way of life.