Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Cannabis: Who owns Say Nope to Dope anyway?

Simon Armstrong

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:42:25 +1200

I still have nightmares watching john campbell report on my reality during peak synthetics and then, bang. radio silence. Empty horrible cold world of personal family emotional harm Dunn and dusted and sons.

Simon Armstrong

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:55:54 +1200

Now hold on steven. we wouldn't be nuclear free (or pro tour) without the glorious Steinlager brand,

Simon Armstrong

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 19:12:09 +1200

No longer concerned with my own supply. We sow the seed, nature grows the seed and then we smoke the weed.

Simon Armstrong

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:41:44 +1300

I am more concerned with my own supply. My vegetable garden is going great guns but the usual supply is, apologies to all involved, well under par.

Russell Brown

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:17:06 +1300

MakeItLegal have filed a return.

Sent it to the wrong address (sigh!) so it is late going up

Not up yet but will be shortly, it is for $104,000(ish)

Ah. And oops!

Kevin O'Connell

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:34:27 +1300

FYI from the Chch High court this morning re petition for inquiry into referendum.conduct (stalled three months so far):

CIV-2020-409-000604 – O'Connell & Ors v Electoral Commission

Dear Counsel and Mr O’Connell,

A judgment for the above named matter [whether to re-open Inquiry into the 2020 cannabis legalisation and control referendum]…

Worik

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:49:04 +1300

MakeItLegal have filed a return.

Sent it to the wrong address (sigh!) so it is late going up

Not up yet but will be shortly, it is for $104,000(ish)

Kevin O'Connell

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:30:48 +1300

This would be included in the high court inquiry, amd may still be, but the inquiry is stalled while judges Thomas Dunningham and Mander deliberate on a preliminary decision (inadvertent failure to procure ‘security for costs’ in time’, which deserved to be an expeditious decision. We have been waiting 28…

BenWilson

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:14:38 +1300

Incidentally, we are not criticizing Jacinda Ardern for her position, she clearly explained the rational that she wanted people to decide for themselves, which is reasonable for such a values based issue.

I think it was cowardly and it led to a bad outcome so I'm quite happy to criticize…

Alec Morgan

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:49:09 +1300

Nice research RB, deserves sharing widely. Wonder if the Liquor Industry or Religious organisations contributed to the NO campaign, they have previously contributed resources, funds and engaged in behind the scenes lobbying.

Brad SHB

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:30:34 +1300

Chris, were you not the same academic that proposed a government controlled not for profit medical cannabis regime that completely ignored the few hundred thousand people, mostly in the regions that rely on income from the existing cannabis industry to put food on their families tables.
Another local expert so…

Russell Brown

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:58:26 +1300

Thanks for the response, Marta. Much appreciated.

(SAM and Family First – who are behind the “Nope to Dope”; note we refer to “Nope to Dope” as anti-reform group not a “registered campaigner”)

True, but I'm not even sure Say Nope to Dope is a group as such, so much…

Julian Buchanan

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:32:48 +1300

The underhand funding is an issue – but the real problem was that some in the Yes campaign pushed prohibitionist propaganda with slogans such as “Regulate cannabis to reduce the harms it can cause“, “Let’s get cannabis under control by regulating it”, and ‘protect our young people’.

The other major…

Marta Rychert

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:47:21 +1300

Hi Russell,
Thank you for your interest in our piece. The commentary, published yesterday in Drug & Alcohol Review, discussed some of the social, political and campaign factors that may explain the outcome, with international academic audience in mind. We have endeavoured to present the evidence in a balanced way and…

Matthew E

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:49:48 +1300

Thanks for the detective work, just wanted to add that his name is spelt "McCoskrie"

Joe Boden

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:02:21 +1300

I'd say the obfuscation around their spending is evidence that should be considered in the ChCh High Court case to set aside the referendum result.

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:32:53 +1300

That Davies road address seems to be the MIT building and station (not that it’s numbered) – though it does seem to have other tenants – there is at least one law firm in the building – and both organisations (Say Nope to dope and FamFirst) have the same phone…

Public Address

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:32:53 +1300

Discussion from blog post.