Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Bowie, in reply to Stupid,
Aw, man. There are a lot of my friends I want to give a hug to.
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And one more. As you can see, shade was at a premium and this man was an innovator.
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Summer in the Square featured The Chills today. And it was bloody lovely. All ages, lovely vibe.
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Hard News: Incoming: Summer, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
The first is a feature.
The second it a bug.
I'll have a look.
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Hard News: Kia kaha, Helen Kelly, in reply to Shane Le Brun,
however the improvement in Sleep, and anxiety (decades of high THC I suspect) was remarkable.
Yeah, that makes sense, given the CBD content. Hopefully one day soon we'll see some serious attention given to CBD as a low-impact medicine for anxiety disorders.
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Hard News: Footpaths, not manifest destiny, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I’m running a magnet over this, but I’m missing the irony…
I'm sure it's ironic. It .... well, it must be.
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Hard News: Kia kaha, Helen Kelly, in reply to Alfie,
Hmmm. $1,000 for a small bottle that’s half (non-psychoactive) CDB when you can buy three or four ounces of easily available weed for the same price? I can’t see too many drug fiends chasing up Sativex on the black market.
Especially given that the CBD mitigates the effect of the THC. So they're going to take their $1000 bottle to a lab and attempt to separate the two cannabinoids? Really?
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Hard News: Kia kaha, Helen Kelly, in reply to Alfie,
In fact, has there ever been a single reported case of Sativex being misused in NZ?
I've never seen one cited.
It seems relevant to note that the British government's Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs has come to a completely different conclusion:
As Sativex has a low abuse potential and low risk of diversion, the ACMD also advises that it is not appropriate to apply Regulation 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. The ACMD does not consider the witnessing requirements set out in Regulation 27 necessary for Sativex.
It's hard to know where Medsafe et al even get this idea from.
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Hard News: Kia kaha, Helen Kelly, in reply to Shane Le Brun,
Ah, thanks Shane. That's what I was after. It's intriguing to see how recent this is.
I'll add something to the post.
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Okay: the relevant part seems to be Section 22: Procedure in respect of applications for Minister's consent.
Which – so far as I can see – contains none of the unreasonable requirements listed by Helen.
So I think we're not talking about an amendment to the law here. These are regulations around the law. I think this warrants further pursuit.
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