Posts by paulalambert
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Relax, I believe first there is a 6 month amnesty for traders to dispose of any stock. Not that I would recommend giving anyone that crap.
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I think we all now recognise that evil forces are at work and the global drug trade is directly funding global terrorism. Which makes the Liquor and Tobacco Companies look positively benign - they pay huge taxes, which alleviates the burden on the rest of us.
Think about that next time you catch little Johnny smoking behind the bike sheds at school. Would you rather he was smoking Tuhoe Thunder, and funding the Seperatists? Or would you rather he was smoking B&H, which means more Hip Replacement Surgery for those that need it without draining the public purse.
I think maybe some of us owe 'Big Bad' Tobacco an apology ...?I/O - Good grief, you're right ! Thats an extremely sound argument for continued prohibition, leaving the drug trade in the hands of organised crime. Just joking. I've never hung around bikesheds, but do you think little Johnny - who may have to fund your hip replacement and support you in your dotage - will thank you ? Have you seen these ?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-krassner/the-war-on-medical-mariju_b_52754.html
http://www.counterpunch.org/gardner07022005.html -
Neither can I but I didn't want to stand up and argue with him, it was my fabulous only son's school. Thats what he said though, I gather he'd heard it at some recent US police conference, seems they're all still dead keen on the war on drugs.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/drugs-alcohol/mg15721220.200 I just came across this again tonight, had forgotten about it.
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Adjustment; some pubs.
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When did budda sticks finish, I went halves with a friend, it was $11. Not long after that there was a big musical festival at Ngaruawahia, 1974 or 5 ?
I think I liked it and chose to continue because it generally felt safer to be amongst other stoners. Compared to the gits at the sports clubs and pubs. -
Ho hum, Gary the Hawaiian expert 'drug educator' sounds similar to NZ's 'expert' Trevor Grice. Last evening he was at my son's Chch intermediate school talking to parents. First he softened them up with humour esp non pc, then bamboozled them with science, and when talking about pot - which he spent way more time on than alcohol or p - provoked a huge gasp from the audience when he assured them pot today is up to 35%THC instead of the 2-4% it was 30 years ago . . . and answered first question from frightened parent 'how we can protect the kids from all this out in the community' with 'we are short 2000 police' . . how reassuring for her, I wonder whether she bought his book, he mentioned it enough times. What a guy.
Anyone wanting to know where to get 35% THC pot read this http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb00500.x -
I/S thank you for putting the electronic warrants into context. Was I in error about the rest of it too ?
the police will be able to get search warrants electronically, on a mere suspicion or evidence which may remain secret, and which the accused will have to prove wrong at own expense. A very wide net could be cast there too
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Earlier on this thread someone was expressing disappointment about lack of signature on a search warrant. I believe under the new Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Bill the police will be able to get search warrants electronically, on a mere suspicion or evidence which may remain secret, and which the accused will have to prove wrong at own expense. A very wide net could be cast there too, as seems may have happened with the recent anti-terrorism searches. Clearly a lot of things in godzone are changing way faster than is widely clear to the public.
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Interesting priorities indeed. Perhaps the prohibition of cannabis has helped fund these alleged activities in the Ureweras.
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Depends on whether you're with the majority I guess. Am not confident that 'maturity of reasoning and understanding' is common. Denigration of the Greens' drug policy, for instance :)