Posts by Simon Armstrong
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brexit + trump = end of neo liberal globalization, maybe it is time for everyone to just get stoned...
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Got suggestions as to how this might be accomplished?
No, but I think the concept may make a useful metric to measure worthiness of proposals on the table. For me, modifying factors that impact illicit drug trade seems a lot more pragmatic than any return to a "legal high" environment.
Danyl Mclauchlan raises some interesting points this morning:
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Perhaps a more valid harm reduction policy would be to suggest reversing the out come of the government's "legal high experiment" by getting everyone off P and synthetics and back onto weed.
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Hard News: Cannabis reform is a serious…, in reply to Bruce Ward,
I asked google and the shocker is actually how low the number of McDodalds is in Colorado:
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Hard News: Cannabis reform is a serious…, in reply to andin,
If the statistics are correct from the family first guy regarding Colorado I call bullshit on the concept liberalizing drug laws won't increase massively drug use in this country.
The harm reduction logic is so lacking from the Greens - in particular legalization will remove a barrier for 16.5% of 3.6% = 0.5% of total drug users to seeking help. Chloe quoting 16.5% is sad, the actual figure from the report of 0.5% is simply feeble. If they want to stay above 5% at next election maybe they could go back to their printing money policy.
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Craig, any chance of a link?
Google pointed me here:
and looking up who McCrosrie is I don't see anything that spinny here:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12167590
On the other hand the messaging from Green party seems confused, the only fact I could spot being our countries large appetite for drugs:
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Thank you Joe, your logic is much appreciated.
I was thinking the term half-pie was intended as a slur similar to the term half-baked but your defense of decriminalization as an incremental step makes a lot of sense to me.
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We can do two things at the same time.
I wonder how is that going to work. What is the plan for the legality of tobacco in future?
As someone who has smoked more than my fair share of tobacco and pot I personally consider them both highly addictive and extremely bad for my health and struggled with both. I doubt I would ever vote No as am a firm believer in "each to their own" but would be surprised if the concept of a smoke free New Zealand would not include pot for many and hence in reference to topic at hand be a considerable opponent to liberalizing recreational pot.
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reasons against -
* we should be focused on our country being smokefree 2025 first and foremost
* government never apologized to health department and parents for synthetics debacle
* adding recreational pot to binge drinking culture does not make our roads safer -
Surely lack of empathy is worse? The resulting normalcy of Ad hominem now a defining characteristic of both liberal and conservative end points of the web.