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				<title>Australopithecus</title>
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						How about an <a href="http://mystabis.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">inhaler</a> as a delivery mechanism?
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				<title>bob daktari</title>
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						<p>dance/clubbing has always been a minority interest compared to say sports but more popular and frequented than say live music.... from what I hear from DJs (I'm too old to venture out much)  Auckland clubbing is as vibrant as its ever been</p><p>huge  increase in young electronic producers doing their…</p>
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				<title>BenWilson</title>
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						<p><q>They’re that expensive?</q></p><p>Not really. Starting around $50. They have their place, which seems to be mostly light users concerned about the unhealthiness (and unpleasantness) of smoke who use it for themselves. Strikes me that they'd be not very convenient for group use, or heavy use, on account of needing…</p>
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				<title>Ian Dalziel</title>
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						<p><q> pocket vaporisers …</q><br />They're that expensive?<br />I'd heard drugs burnt holes in your pockets....</p>
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				<title>Sacha</title>
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						<p><q>Something that people probably care about in proportion to their perception of how likely it is to affect them sometime soon.</q></p><p>Relatedly, most of the audience at tonight's #ikatalk about assisted dying sported silver hair. Now if someone could marry both issues ..</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:34:57 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<p><q>I’m sure they help, but they’re never going to be as discreet as popping a pill.</q></p><p>Somewhere between popping a pill and doing a line :-)</p>
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				<title>BenWilson</title>
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						<p><q>That’s starting to change with pocket vaporisers …</q></p><p>I'm sure they help, but they're never going to be as discreet as popping a pill. Cool devices though, finally something functional enough to pass the KISS principle.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:30:58 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<p><q>Yup, and it’s also rather hard to take dope in a private venue. </q></p><p>That's starting to change with pocket vaporisers ...</p>
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				<title>BenWilson</title>
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						<p><q>How many 18-25’s in the Wellington region? 40,000? Dance parties are a minority interest.</q></p><p>Yup, and it's also rather hard to take dope in a private venue. I can see why it would not be popular like that. At a party at someone's house, perhaps more so. Not that I…</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:53:20 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<p><q>Wellington anecdata: 300 people would be a big turnout for a dance party and a lot of the people won’t be all that young – say half under 25?</q></p><p>Yeah, I can think of one or two clubs in AK that just about qualify as senior hangouts. </p><p><q>A lot more…</q></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:07:44 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Rich of Observationz</title>
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						<p><q>what proportion of young people are actually much into the dance scene, though</q></p><p>Wellington anecdata: 300 people would be a big turnout for a dance party and a lot of the people won't be all that young &ndash; say half under 25? A lot more if it's some (overseas) commercial…</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:33:29 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Ian Dalziel</title>
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						<p>Speaking of polls and serious research &ndash; Chchch's own openminded investigative reporter &ndash; Mike Yardley, turns in another fully researched piece on the epidemic of drugged drivers in Canterbury.<br /><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/83659287/mike-yardley-lets-get-deadbeat-drugged-drivers-off-the-roads" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/83659287/mike-yardley-lets-get-deadbeat-drugged-drivers-off-the-roads</a></p><p>sorry that should read another load of self-opinionated self-serving tripe from Mike Yardley's paranoid universe....</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:25:12 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>BenWilson</title>
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						<p><q>saw it as old peoples thing</q></p><p>Also, it messes with your ability to dance all night. It would be interesting to find out what proportion of young people are actually much into the dance scene, though. I would think that it might still be pretty popular with people who are…</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:57:06 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<p><q>Thanks Russell I will get on the Google and check with my GP.</q></p><p><a href="http://mcawarenessnz.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Medical Cannabis Awareness NZ</a> are level-headed and helpful on these matters. (I can make an introduction if you want to email me via the button at the bottom of the post.)</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:21:07 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>bob daktari</title>
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						anacdotal &ndash; younger people I crossed a lot when active in the dance scene, a few years back now, really looked down on pot... saw it as old peoples thing
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				<title>william blake</title>
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						Thanks Russell I will get on the Google and check with my GP.
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				<title>Greville Whittle</title>
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						<p>One day, out of the blue, Nana asked me what it was like to smoke pot. It was the mid nineties and I was in my early twenties, and it was the weirdest conversation.</p><p>I mean, we used to call her Mrs Bucket, and here she was asking about it…</p>
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				<title>paul reifel</title>
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						<p>In terms of demographics, it almost goes without saying that someone in their 60's now, was probably in their mid-20's in the 1970's.</p><p>So I suspect their responses would be a lot different to our parents' or grandparents' generations!</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:55:22 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<p><q>I have been surprised to find this from undergraduates talking about cannabis. Interesting to see it isn’t just my selection bias.</q></p><p>I don't have the reference to hand right now, but my recollection is that this isn't the first time.</p>
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				<title>Thomas Lumley</title>
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						<p><em>Younger respondents (18-29) were by far the most conservative on both questions </em></p><p> I have been surprised to find this from undergraduates talking about cannabis. Interesting to see it isn't just my selection bias.</p>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<p><q>I would be very interested if pharmacists came up with a reliable, cannabis based, nerve analgesic without the side effects of the crap that is currently prescribed.</q></p><p>I know a MS patient who says Sativex (50-50 THC-CBD) is much better for nerve pain than other things she’s used, and with…</p>
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				<title>william blake</title>
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						<p>This all seems quite confused, ‘legalising medical marijuana’ contains several internal contradictions. And as for the wrinkles growing their own analgesics..we’ll get off the grass! </p><p>I would be very interested if pharmacists came up with a reliable, cannabis based, nerve analgesic without the side effects of the crap that is…</p>
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				<title>Rich of Observationz</title>
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						<p>"Treated as herbal remedies" => unethically pushed by pharmacists without the proper assessment, diagnosis and prescription process required for licensed pharmaceuticals?</p><p>I don't think government has any business telling me what I can put in my body, but that seems to be going a bit far.</p><p>(Mind you, I'd favour…</p>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<p><a href="https://norml.org.nz/2016/umr-poll-overwhelming-support-for-medical-cannabis-law-change/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Norml's press release</a> on the poll: </p><p><q>“What may be surprising to some is that most people want herbal cannabis sold at health food stores for therapeutic purposes, alongside the Marjoram,” said Chris Fowlie, spokesperson for the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML NZ Inc).</q></p>
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				<title>Katita</title>
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						I listened to this interview, Otamatea Grey Power chapter wants <a href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/308467/grey-power-chapter-wants-cannabis-legalised" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">marijuana legalised</a>
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						<p>Discussion from blog post.</p>
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