Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Splore Listening Lounge 2020: the road to a "yes" vote

andin

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:31:44 +1200

Cannabis is for children.

I used to hear the same statement from junkies, delivered in a condescending tone as they heated their spoon

Shep Cheyenne

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 10:17:16 +1200

I'm medicated and don't drink or do other drugs (except coffee) Zanny by Billie Eilish speaks to me.

I favour legalisation from a human rights stand point.

We need to have suitable measures in place to register safe/dangerous levels of THC and have buyin from the H&S sector.

Currently safe is…

Worik Stanton

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 08:33:46 +1200

Wowsers vote too. Good work with them. What ever it takes...

But some of us need to support the crew. "Drugs are bad, prohibition is worse" is how I paraphrase the DF message, and it works for the middle class matrons and gentlemen who are worried that them over there…

Ross Bell

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 07:13:30 +1200

but their audience are wowsers.

Should read: “but their audience are voters.”

Russell Brown

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 17:23:54 +1200

These landlords are not claiming damage to the fences – but stating that they do not support cannabis law reform and therefore do not want one of their properties to be showing support.
Effectively, an older property owning group (who oppose cannabis law reform) are using their power over younger…

Russell Brown

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 17:22:09 +1200

And if you do not care about my fun and freedom then you should vote for (yawn) health….

I like both!

Worik Stanton

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:17:45 +1200

Health Not Handcuffs say the Drug Foundation.... Very worthy, but not really inspiring for the crew.

I say Party not Prison

Cannabis is not, to me, a health issue any more than coffee is. It is a social justice issue.

The DF have a audience, they do good work reaching…

Sandra Murray (Make It Legal)

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:58:15 +1200

Thanks, Russell. It's good to get a bit of cannabis referendum news out there.
Just to add to the discussion about how the campaign is going, Make It Legal have pulled their campaign on-line during lock-down, but managed to get banners sent out just beforehand. These have been arriving at…

Russell Brown

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:42:02 +1200

In other news, New Zealand’s medicinal cannabis scheme came into effect on Wednesday.

Chris Fowlie explains what it means on the Zeacann blog.

As part of that, (some) cannabis vaporisers are explicitly legal to import and sell for the first time.

Public Address

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:42:01 +1200

Discussion from blog post.