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One LifeBoy to Another
2009-12-16 01:14:00
"At the same time, these maturing bodies are only just developing 'reward' chemicals such as endorphins, but still lack the emotional maturity to control them." - Trevor Grice, LIFE Education Trust. [see Teen drinkers corrupting `brain software' The Australian] Trevor seems to forget the role of age of consent and obligation to state to ones life education. These are the very same kids we are sending to Afghanistan. Old enough to die for your country, old enough to make decisions for oneself. I'd rather a soldier with self will and drink experience than the one for whom the double standards has alienated, for whom the law is in contempt and for whom in all likelihood has been arbitrarily criminalised for race, class, ageist and sexist reasons. Even I mistrust a politicised justice system that endorses such prejudices. It is not that the numbers are great, even problematic, rather, I urge you and your fellow prohibitory zero-tolerance brain robbers to consider whose freedom ...

Democracy in Socratic Disrepute?
2009-12-15 14:22:00
Image via Wikipedia During his 10 years on the advisory council he said he found talking with politicians very difficult and that fewer people were now voting in elections because the House of Commons is nothing more than a “pantomime”. He said: “I never realised how unintellectual politicians are.” - Professor Nutt, presentation to Students for Sensible Drug Policy at Leeds University, Nov. 2009. Image via Wikipedia Over the past ten or so years, the MildGreens have been consistent in making the call that no other social contruct so readily subject to 'change' depleted good governance. It should not be surprising that the evidence for such conclusions should continue to manifest in the international arena. One cannot study post war politics without having a full understanding of how drug policy has (mis)shaped our world. /Blair Related articles by Zemanta We need your ideas for change (guardian.co.uk) Get Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.fe...
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Shun the alcohol craving - Use cannabis!
2009-12-11 02:13:00
Image via Wikipedia She added: "This brings up two important points. First, self-determination, the right of an individual to decide which treatment or substance is most effective and least harmful for them. "Secondly, the recognition that substitution might be a viable alternative to abstinence for those who can't or won't completely stop using psychoactive substances". - Amanda Reiman, UoC, Berkley, USA  The study was published in BioMed Central' open access Harm Reduction - see Shun the alcohol craving - Use cannabis! Get Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlairsBrain-C anvassingForOpinion
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Druggies Have Rights Too!
2009-12-10 00:28:00
International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy launched Human Rights Day 10.12.09 The MildGreens Initiative congratulates Professor Neil Boister of Canterbury University School of Law for his important role and contribution to [the launch of]  the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. ‘Individuals who use drugs do not forfeit their human rights...Too often, drug users suffer discrimination, are forced to accept treatment, marginalized and often harmed by approaches which over-emphasize criminalization and punishment while under-emphasizingharm reduction and respect for human rights.’  /  Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 2009 Image by Scott Hess via Flickr Today, Human Rights Day (10 December 2009), is the occasion for the launch of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. The Centre is dedicated to developing and promoting innovative and high quality legal and human rights scholarship o...

Nutt's MildGreen UK Policy?
2009-12-07 05:41:00
Image by gak via Flickr "But banning individual substances long after they have appeared doesn't seem like a reasonable long-term response to legal highs, which are easily and quickly manufactured and distributed on the internet. [Professor] Nutt believes we should follow the model adopted in New Zealand, whereby new drugs are immediately put into a new 'class D' category, where it is not illegal to sell or possess but its effects are monitored. 'The manufacturers and suppliers can define the dosage, do quality control, make sure it is not contaminated. You can also monitor sales and use this data to see how much is out there – from that you can work out the use/harm ratio.' Nutt proposed this to the government as a way of dealing with legal highs in the first instance. 'They turned it down. They said they didn't want to take that route at the moment; they wanted to legislate for specific compounds.'" Click here to find out more!: (for new Class D category see http://www...
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Question for Oral Answer: Cannabis - Legal Status | Green Party of Aotearoa
2009-12-07 04:36:00
Image via Wikipedia Question for Oral Answer : Cannabis - Legal Status Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand: "Judy Turner: Has the Minister seen research from the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and the Australian National Drug Research Institute that shows that prohibition of cannabis does limit the amount consumed by heavy users, and does he agree that that justifies retaining its current legal status in New Zealand? Hon Jim Anderton: Yes, I have seen that evidence and much other evidence that lead me to believe that the present prohibition on cannabis in this country is the correct prohibition for us to have. Steve Chadwick: Has the Minister seen studies or reports that link cannabis use with psychotic symptoms or mental health disorders? Hon Jim Anderton: Yes. I think that was the report referred to in the original question. As I say, I think it would be instructive for members of Parliament to read that report. Other empirical work is also being done i...

Dakta and the Daktory - Stuff
2009-12-06 03:25:00
He calls himself Dakta Green. (see Dakta in the House, Western Leader, Auckland) The 59-year-old has been jailed in California and New Zealand for cultivating cannabis but has no plans to change his ways. Dakta is a strong activist for law reform surrounding the drug and has been pushing for its legalisation since 1999. He’s even set up a cannabis club in a New Lynn warehouse known as the Daktory. Dakta says marijuana use is widespread and causes less harm in the community than alcohol." (... the MildGreens are founding member/contributors to the Daktory, and supporters of the Daktavist Vision.) Get Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlairsBrain-C anvassingForOpinion
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NZ Award for 'P'ing into Wind?
2009-12-06 01:07:00
. Image by Getty Images via Daylife Holme’s Anti-P campaign is unworthy of recognition by anyone but the deluded. Which part of what has been done has been effective, efficacious or efficient? Remind me please… everything that has been ‘anti-P’ seems only to on evidence produced more of the problem than existed before. (see NZ Herald Kiwi of the Year Award - Awarded to Holmood post the Jan  Molenaar /Napier Armed Siege, again an unintended consequence and 'function' of poor drug policy This is entirely predictable. “P” prevalence is a function of poor drug policy not the pharmacology of the drug. If such policy as we have now is to be lauded, it cannot be lauded for its success. Mr Holmes waxes lyrical about his own family circumstances but then endorses the very system that has both failed him and others, but worse, has contributed to the very mess he sets out to clean up. That ranks alongside stupidity and to nominate any ‘award of meri...
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ABC (is this suggesting Class D for Alcohol?)
2009-11-25 08:56:00
New findings suggest current system of classifying psychoactive drugs in UK may need to be revisited25. November 2009 Drug users are well informed about the harms associated with the drugs they use, and perceive alcohol and tobacco to be amongst the most dangerous substances, according to a survey by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers. The findings, published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, suggest that the current system of classifying psychoactive drugs in the UK may need to be revisited. The study, led by Dr Celia Morgan and Professor Valerie Curran at UCL, surveyed 1,500 UK drug users via the website http://www.nationaldrugsurvey.org/. Drug users were asked to rate twenty psychoactive substances on a 'rational' scale previously developed by Professor David Nutt, Imperial College London, who collaborated on this study.  Heroin, crack and cocaine topped the list in terms of harm, but alcohol was rated fifth, solvents seventh an...
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Man smokes 115,000 joints legally in Ft. Lauderdale, sets 'official' all-t
2009-11-22 07:54:00
Man smokes 115,000 joints legally in Ft. Lauderdale, sets 'official' all-time record. He set the bar high and smoked the competition. Irvin Rosenfeld, a 56-year-old stockbroker from Fort Lauderdale, will toke his way into the record books today by smoking his 115,000th joint. The best part: It's completely legal. "Yep, provided by Uncle Sam," Rosenfeld told NBC Miami. "They grow it for me." Rosenfeld, who suffers from a painful bone disorder, has received government-approved weed since 1982; he was grandfathered into a federal drug program after medicinal marijuana programs were cut 10 years later. That's 300 joints every 25 days for 27 years—10 to 12 per day. "The first thing I do every morning is smoke two joints," he says. "Then another on my drive to work." It's not as dangerous as you might think—Rosenfeld says he's never gotten high on the stuff: "No munchies, no munchies, nothing other people get. A lot of patients don't get high." http://www.newser.com/sto...
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Google Steals Blair's Brain
2009-11-13 09:35:00
And  how Blair got it back again..... New Zealander's 'drug policy' blog reinstated by Google Blair Anderson's blog about drug policy was taken down earlier this year because it hosted malware, Google said. / By James Heffield Monday, 9 November, 2009 A Christchurch blogger who had his blog taken down by Google earlier this year has finally had it reinstated after a 10,000km trip to Google’s Mountain View Headquarters in California. Blair Anderson, a former deputy leader of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party and Christchurch mayoral candidate, told PC World that his mild greens “drug policy” blog hosted on Google’s Blogger website was taken down in August. Google claimed it had malware on it, but the internet giant provided no further details or instructions as to how he might resolve the issue, he said. “They said nothing. I used to have approximately 50 regular readers every day but I could have an individual entry that got as many as 500 hits....
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Laundering Drug Stories - NBR
2009-10-18 02:33:00
Money laundering bill passed by ParliamentNZPA | Friday October 16 2009 - 08:06am  - NBRA bill that boosts measures to counter money laundering by criminal gangs and organised crime has been passed into law. Justice Minister Simon Power said the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act would help tackle financial and drug-related crime by helping police detect and trace the profits of organised crime groups. ALCP comments : Cannabis AnomaliesSpeaking of corruption, what if it's the powers-that-be that are corrupt and rorting the system? eg - What happened to the cost-benefit analysis of cannabis prosecutions that carried a 'legislative implication' 13 years ago? but was buried precisely because of its 'legislative implication'. And how much has been spent 'unproven' on criminalising cannabis since the cost benefit analysis was buried 11 years ago? Billions by my estimate. All acheiving nothing but social damage to the vast numbers arrest...
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Money Drugs and the Law
2009-10-15 22:04:00
Money laundering bill passed by Parliament A bill that boosts measures to counter money laundering by criminal gangs and organised crime has been passed into law. Justice Minister Simon Power said the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act would help tackle financial and drug-related crime by helping police detect and trace the profits of organised crime groups. Among its provisions is a customer check and reporting regime that banks, finance companies and casinos will have to follow. NZPA | Friday October 16 2009 - 08:06am   "The Act enhances our ability to investigate organised crime by following the illegal money trail through financial systems and goes hand-in-hand with the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act passed in April," he said. "The Act will also ensure that New Zealand's financial sector continues to be attractive to legitimate international investors and is not seen as a safe haven for organised criminals and tax evaders." The ...
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Maori Party no example for Fiji Youth.
2009-08-17 03:37:00
Image via WikipediaHaving heard the Radio New Zealand coverage given this day to cannabis in Fiji , it is clear that the dysfunction, unintended consequences and alienation from rule of law is to be perpetuated in the name of a drug war long found wanting.Cannabis ‘criminalisation’ demands law reform. It is perpetuating anti-youth prejudice (on a global scale) and a distraction from what is really broken. With many friends from Fiji informing me of the role ‘cannabis’ black markets have in elevating mistrust, creating intractable problems, feeding corruption, ingraining gangsta culture and pandering to ‘get tough’ enforcement suggests a much more informed dialog has to be held.The United Nations has already indicated that the ‘user base’ must be consulted but this is an anathema to many, yet it is the path we must walk. Drug use, even under prohibition, must be acknowledged.The idea that ‘if only we can teach how dangerous this is to (inoculate?) the kids before the...
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Cannabis Science Moves on PTSD and H1N1/H1N5
2009-08-14 00:49:00
Image via WikipediaCannabis Science Reports On Two Cannabis-Based Drug Release ProgramsThursday, 13 August 2009Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS) an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis company is pleased to announce that it has completed its review of the FDA licencing requirements and has made key progress with mapping out its initial cannabis drug medicines for FDA clinical trials. The Company has determined it will have more than one product in clinical testing and trials at the same time. This news comes following the identification of two distinct parallel paths in developing pharmaceutical products for FDA approval. The first being the highly publicized H1N1 Swine flu and the deadly H1N5 Avian flu, and the second being a newly formed initiative for Veterans who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Together with these initiatives, Cannabis Science is laying a solid foundation for entrance into the FDA and other government regulatory agencies for developing medicine...

Sycophantic Politicians blocked Vote on MedPot
2009-08-08 06:31:00
February 2001: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services files a patent application for the medical use of cannabinoids, saying they are "useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases," and "are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia."October 2003: The patent is grantedCourageously, your intrepid activist attended the Rt Hon Tony Ryall, Health Minister's 'mid-winter' speech at the Medical School in Christchurch on August 7th. While Ryall lied about having no opinion on tobacco, he mean while had recently blocked banning in-store advertising. (see SCOOP) Professor Peter Joyce [Dean, University of Otago and Prof of Mental Health Res...
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Legal Doesnt Equate to Laudable
2009-08-04 04:34:00
Image by Uncleweed via FlickrBecause something is legal does not automatically make it laudable.Increase use doesn't necessarily equate to an increase in net harm either.Set and Setting do define harm risk (a point that prohibitors prefer to overlook). Making cannabis [use] less stigmatized would enable quality epidemiological research.A patient (or recreational user, practicing preventative early intervention) has a fundamental right to 'informed consent', where fully informed is fully armed and consent is 'self determination'.I would expect a reported increase in use post ANY prohibitory regime. That should surprise no one. But at least a little bit of pot sitting somewhere hurting no one will cease to lead to arrest and incarceration and the life long stigma of a conviction for what MOST thinking people believe to be 'of little matter'. (and courts should not deal with such trivialities)see http://www.opposingviews.com/comments/leg al-doesnt-equate-to-laudableBlair Anderson...
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Drug bans are bad economics - Nick Smith
2009-08-02 06:31:00
By Nick Smith (can be seen at http://www.whyprohibition.ca/blogs/ellis- worthington/drug-bans-are-bad-economics )Originally published on Stuff, July 17, 2009The most convincing evidence of the harm caused by the criminalisation of party pills in April last year comes from a recently convicted drug dealer. (actually it was quite the opposite, a four-fold increase in sales and no perceptable increase in harm, but then that's MDMA for you. Millions of 'E' experiences in the UK, every week, problems at best are 'associated with use' while no benefits of displacement of other drugs, like alcohol, are measured)This man, whose name is suppressed, admitted smuggling 100,000 ecstasy tablets in just three months. He told media that his small operation became massive almost overnight after the government banned party pills, which contain the active ingredient benzylpiperazine (BZP).The ban was instituted despite an investigation showing BZP caused little harm to users. BZP is not like meth...
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Stephen Anderson Released (and about time)
2009-07-26 13:51:00
The current media coverage given to Stephen Anderson 's community release (and the "Insanity" that that lead to the 1998 Health Select Committee Inquiry into Cannabis and Mental Health Report) needs to be seen in a much bigger picture... " ill-treatment under criminal stigmatisation, labelling and duress "Check out the context (and reference to Anderson) in a 2002 media release on Scoop.Mark Burton killing: Govt let it happen (again)Thursday, 7 November 2002, 10:10 amPress Release: Mild Greens "A worst case mental health scenario for at least half New Zealand's cannabis using teenagers would have to be their father working as a Cop", says Mild Greens consumer advocate, Blair Anderson.The Mild Greens say government Ministers must ultimately be held to account for maintaining and promoting a "toxic environment" which appears to have critically influenced Mark Burton's decline into mental health/drug and alcohol "dual diagnosis".Inappropriate management of Burton’s well-being culmi...
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Cannabis Science Patient Focused
2009-07-24 02:18:00
Image via WikipediaSAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 07/23/09 — Cannabis Science Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS), an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis company, is pleased that today’s Wall Street Journal article on the booming medical cannabis industry in California notes the role of Cannabis Science Inc.Commenting on why Cannabis Science was mentioned in the article, Richard Cowan, chief financial officer of Cannabis Science Inc., said, “Although the company is beginning the FDA approval process for its products, we believe that the inclusion of Cannabis Science Inc. in an article about the struggle to get medical cannabis to patients is further evidence that we are a patient oriented company, whose business strategy does not depend on a continuation of marijuana prohibition.”Although the company is not involved in the state’s gray market, the article notes, “A pot activist named Richard Cowan has opened what he envisions as an investment bank for pot-related businesses, called ...

As Seen On TRADEME
2009-07-23 23:13:00
(A question) As Seen On TradeMe regardinga "Moral Test" on Brain Function for the price of a Beer.[http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Lis ting.aspx?id=231993787&permanent=0]"T his product is designed to test for the presence of THC (Cannabis) in someones system. It couldnt be easier to use as can be seen in the instructions shown in the image."Could you please clarify if this product tests for metabolites of THC or THC as claimed? Is this important? What range is the visual pass/fail threshold (in ng/mg) and what science endorses the accuracy paying particular attention to false positive confidence? What correspondent research to impairment and/or harm has been reasonably been shown to be causative at these levels? What if any instructions as to what to do in the event of positive metabolite result are given? Thank You.--Blair Anderson ‹(•¿•)›Social Ecologist 'at large'http://mildgreens.blogspot.com/http ://blairformayor.blogspot.com/http://blai r4mayor.com/http://efsdp.org/...

Parker Goes UnderGround
2009-07-22 04:16:00
Oops, formating issues! consider this a work in progress while I correct! Parker plans urban study tour (http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/ch ristchurch/2661170/Parker-plans-urban-stu dy-tour / By CHARLIE GATES - The Press) > Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker plans to visit North American cities to study urban regeneration, public transport and heritage protection. While "OverSeas" he should ask if any of the cities are building any bus depot's or other critical infrastructure below sea level. He might need some advice on where to get 'insurance' against IPPC forecasts and risk of hydrostatic displacement. Seeing as your looking at the Seattle Public Library, the Presidio park overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and a light-rail system in Vancouver - Imagine an aboveground 'green building' including library and other civic networking facilities (rail/bus/road) if the Heritage of Hagley Park and the Addington sale yards had been used. Goodness, we don't even kno...

Holmes & Co.: [on] the Marijuana Question
2009-03-02 01:42:00
Image by mfcrowl via Flickr"I've long believed the public is way ahead of the politicians on drug policy, especially when it comes to marijuana." The gutless wonders on Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass./Blair) couldn't even bring themselves to vote on the petition to remove all criminal penalties for simple possession of marijuana. Holmes & Co.: [on] the Marijuana Question . - Rick Holmes, see [http://blogs.townonline.com/holmesandco/ ]The funding contributions of G. Soros (even if at arms length via his funding of the wider goals of the Open Society Institute) his little to do with any argument rationalising drug prohibitions. If Soros had indirectly provided resources to UNESCO, would that make him a saint? He, nor the argument at hand is defined by the nominal contribution he made. His contribution, again indirectly, aided the "thru the maze" International Healthy Drug Policy Symposium held in Image via WikipediaWellington, New Zealand recently. It drew participation of those politi...

Potty Ideas Drives Jobs Summit into Ecstasy!
2009-02-27 12:26:00
Image by Cle0patra via FlickrPress Release: MildGreensPotty Ideas Drives Jobs Summit into Ecstasy !The appearance of the NORML "CANNABUS" on the Television Three evening news at the Jobs Summit created a lighthearted segway to the 'bad news' from the Reserve Bank Governor - however despite a great camera shot, the bus's presence or purpose at the event was not explored any further.Legal regulation of Cannabis would not only have an impact in the New Zealand economy, globally, it would bring back in to legal circulation about a trillion dollars that can be invested back into the community and towards trade. Such creative thinking is particularly targeted at EU and western economies who seem to need any and all leverage options and ideas to shorten and flatten this recession. The United States largest state economy, California, is considering legal regulation of cannabis very seriously.The UN Office of Drug Control is hosting a discussion this March on all drug prohibitions and h...

Medical Cannabis - defacto policy in USA
2009-02-27 04:10:00
Image via WikipediaDEA administrator confirms Obama's wish to 'cease medpot raids'. This is highly significant change in policy direction from the FED's and is consistent with Admininstrations appointment of the Chief of Police of Seattle (Christchurch Sister City) as the new administration Drug Czar. /BlairSpeaking at a press conference with DEA administrator Michelle Leonhart, Attorney General Eric Holder declared that ending medical marijuana raids "is now American policy."A reporter asked, "shortly after the inauguration there were raids on California medical marijuana dispensaries...do you expect these to continue?", noting Image via Wikipediathat the President had promised to end the raids in the campaign.Holder responded, "What the President said during the campaign...is consistent with what we will be doing here in law enforcement. He was my boss in the campaign....He is my boss now. What he said in the campaign is now American policy." !!!The question appears about 25 m...
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Police Racist Ageist and Naive
2009-02-21 14:54:00
photo: Blair Anderson of the MildGreens Initiative withSandeep Chawla, Director, Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, UNODCThe media hullabaloo around legalisers and drug policy in the lead up to the Te Papa "Healthy Image via WikipediaDrug Law" [mischaracterised as a] symposium was nonconstructive with National and Labour naively entrenching their positions and then Police issuing one of the most blatantly racist and ageist reports since they covered up 'Harvey Thomas'! (NZ Police: Illicit Drug Strategy to 2010).Why any government agency or NGO paid $850/pp to hear that unmitigated fraud (stating cannabis is bigger problem than Methamphatamine and is both a gateway drug and criminogenic) beggars me.Image via WikipediaWhile the two big players at the select committee tables (and Peter Dunne with less than 1% of the party vote) remain seemingly ignorant of the implications of the unintended consequences of a criminal policy that 'creates crime where there would be none' - we are d...
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Nutt on LSD
2009-02-13 22:43:00
Image via WikipediaNow Home Office drugs adviser wants to downgrade LSD from A to BLSD, the powerful hallucinogenic drug made famous by The Beatles, should be downgraded from a Class A drug, according to the Government's drugs adviser. (Actually, Professor Nutt made this known almost exacty a year ago post the Beyond2008 NGO consultations attended by yours truly, see NZ reference below /Blair as reported in www.telegraph.co.ukThe news has emerged after the Professor David Nutt was ordered to apologise by the Home Secretary for saying that taking ecstasy was no worse than riding a horse. Prof Nutt is chairman of the Government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, which is set to recommend that ecstasy should be downgraded from A to B. In a radio interview last year, months before he became chairman of the council, Prof Nutt disclosed that he also favoured downgrading LSD from A to B. He said: "There are several drugs that are in class A and probably should not be there, like...

Police Powers - Nandor's observervations
2009-02-13 04:11:00
Former Green MP, Nandor Tanczos sent to my Bebo.....Two pieces of 'law and order' legislation are being debated by parliament under urgency. The first is the Gangs and Organised Crime Bill. Going by the press release, it seems like a typical case of throwing good legislative time after bad. Justice Minister Simon Power says ""By doubling the sentence for participation in a gang we are reflecting the culpability of those gang leaders who organise the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, and we are addressing the low rate of successful convictions".Eh? It appears that selling P is a worse crime if you are a Mongrel Mob member than if you are an evil sociopath with no friends. Not quite sure why. Nor am I sure why doubling the sentence will increase the number of convictions. (The release says that "of 339 prosecutions there were only 19 convictions" which I guess highlights either how poorly thought out the original legislation was or how incompetent the police are).They...
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Random Selection or Clinicians Falacy?
2009-02-10 05:09:00
Image via WikipediaStudy sheds light on youth drug abuse [NZPA](a) A study into youths attending alcohol and drug treatment services &(b) of those attending & drop out rate from treatment as high as 50 percent due mainly to disciplinary issues.(c) youths were referred by schools, health services, family or the justice system, with only a "very small minority" referring themselves(d) The study was drawn from the clinical records of 184 randomly selected peopleRandom sample or Clinicians Falacy?--Blair Anderson ‹(•¿•)›Tuesday, 10 February 2009Study sheds light on youth drug abuseA study into youths attending alcohol and drug treatment services has found more than half have mental health problems and 40 percent have been in state care during their lives.The study by Otago University's Christchurch National Addiction Centre found that males made up 62 percent of those attending.It found 56 percent of those referred had criminal convictions, 40 percent had been in Child...
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Police shot dead an innocent criminal!
2009-02-01 12:49:00
Image via WikipediaThis whole tragedy began with deviancy amplifying 'drug policy' and ended as it does in other jurisdictions where the rules are pretty much the same, in an atypical matrix of dysfunction for which someone paid the unbearable price. One life to many, sacrificed to maintain a silence closely resembling stupidity. This 'tragedy' was entirely preventable but none dare say it. To touch on drug policy is to fall on the third rail.Blair Andersonhttp://mildgreens.blogspot.comRel ated articles by ZemantaClean-Out Police HQ [Cactus Kate] (mildgreens.blogspot.com) Get Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlairsBrain-C anvassingForOpinion
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