Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Drug Law Symposium Day One: This is actually real

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:27:04 +1200

“Plato, they say, could stick it away
Half a crate of whiskey every day.”
Oath! Bruce!
... and that Aristotle, well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPFClJGqjBQ

Joe Wylie

Thu, 06 Jul 2017 09:55:28 +1200

...a drinking party or convivial discussion, especially as held in ancient Greece after a banquet (and notable as the title of a work by Plato)
"Plato, they say, could stick it away
Half a crate of whiskey every day."

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 06 Jul 2017 09:40:14 +1200

Of course Big Liquor all ready has this 'Symposium thing' sewn up – they control the process it seems:
Good Reason for a symposium!:
1. a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject.
Real Reason for a symposium?:
2. a drinking party or convivial discussion, especially as held in…

Russell Brown

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:19:22 +1200

The Drug Foundation's new model drug law has been published over at The Spinoff.

Removal of all criminal penalties for use and possession in favour of a Portugal-style system of health referrals.

Legalised, regulated supply of cannabis + home growing, Commitment to regions having a stake in any new cannabis…

Russell Brown

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:06:48 +1200

Well, that was a thoroughly worthwhile morning.

Most of what Peter Dunne had to say wasn’t new, but his remarks on workplace drug testing were bracing: “Let us not lose sight of the health and safety reasons for it and start using it as a punitive measure.”

Then it was…

Public Address

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:06:47 +1200

Discussion from blog post.