New Zealand Grow Stores Busted in ‘Cannabis Crackdown’
New Zealand police have shut a chain of home garden supply shops called Switched On Gardener that they allege form part of the backbone of the country's illegal cannabis industry.
View ArticleNew Zealand To Ban Pot Magazines?
NORML New Zealand has revealed that police, in secret meetings with Internal Affairs departmental heads, are trying to get High Times, Norml News and Cannabis Culture magazines completely banned.
View Article‘Cannabis Bomb’ Set off at Police Station in New Zealand
Wellington police will decide later today whether to lay charges against legalise cannabis protesters who pushed a shopping trolley full of burning marijuana into the central police station foyer.
View ArticleAC/DC Star’s Drug Conviction Dismissed
AC/DC rocker Phil Rudd has seen his conviction for cannabis possession quashed by a judge in New Zealand so it won't prevent him from touring the world with the band.
View ArticleHunger Strike Threatened Over Marijuana Charges in New Zealand
A Timaru man is threatening to go on a hunger strike if he is jailed for marijuana charges today, claiming the 45 plants he grew were for medicinal purposes.
View ArticleLaw Commission Proposes Drug Law Overhaul in New Zealand
A wide-ranging review of New Zealand drug laws recommends taking steps toward legalising cannabis for medicinal use, cutting criminal charges against low level drug offenders and introducing new...
View Article‘Daktory’ Cannabis Club Owner Jailed
The man behind New Zealand's first cannabis club, The Daktory, was today jailed for eight months after appearing in the Auckland District Court.
View ArticleNew Zealand Minister Peter Dunne Admits He Smoked Pot
The minister responsible for pushing a ban on synthetic cannabis through parliament has admitted to smoking the real thing in a live chat with nzherald.co.nz readers.
View ArticleCrown Seeks Longer Sentence for Dakta Green
The Crown is appealing for a longer sentence for a marijuana activist who set up a "daktory" in West Auckland where cannabis users could smoke in peace.
View ArticleSynthetic Cannabis Back on the Market in New Zealand
A synthetic cannabis product is back on the market - and others are on the way - less than three months after the so-called "legal highs" were banned.
View ArticleHome Detention for New Zealand Medical Marijuana Campaigner
An amputee sentenced to 12 months' home detention for selling cannabis to an undercover police officer says there would be economic and health benefits if the drug was legalised for health use.
View ArticleUN Development Chief: Drug Criminalization Creates More Problems Than It Solves
United Nations Development Program Chief Helen Clark lamented the failure of the war on drugs this week, previewing a UNDP Human Development report that calls for redrawing the battle lines in the drug...
View ArticleDelay In Food Standards Australia New Zealand Hemp Seeds Decision
There is to be a further delay before authorities make a decisions on allowing hemp seeds to be used in food.
View ArticleGlobal Marijuana Marches Set for Tomorrow
For more than 30 years, marijuana fans and legalization supporters have marched on the first weekend in May in support of the cause. Despite legalization having occurred in Uruguay and the US states of...
View ArticleFood Ministers Reject Advice on Hemp in Food
The nation's food ministers have rejected advice from Australia's food standards agency that hemp be allowed to be used in food.
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Medicinal Cannabis Likely in New Zealand by 2016
Toni-Marie Matich's eldest daughter suffers from intractable epilepsy - a seizure disorder that cannot be controlled with conventional medicine. It led the Hawkes Bay mother-of-five to found United in...
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Helen Kelly Denied Medicinal Cannabis
Trade unionist Helen Kelly says she's frustrated the Ministry of Health has turned down her application to use medical cannabis. Ms Kelly stood down from her role as Council of Trade Unions president...
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Customs Allows Woman with Cannabis Through Auckland Airport
Customs gave the all-clear to a woman who subsequently brought an ounce of cannabis into the country. Golden Bay woman Rebecca Reider confirmed to the Herald that she travelled through Customs at...
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Protestors Want Cannabis Law Change
A protest rally against New Zealand's cannabis laws will be staged outside the Tauranga Police Station this afternoon. The Stop The Arrests rally is one of 26 protests taking place around the country...
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Sir Richard Branson Suggests New Zealand Farmers Swap Cows for Marijuana
Cannabis is one of the most widely available illicit drugs in New Zealand. Billionaire businessman Richard Branson has urged kiwi farmers to swap cows for cannabis. Speaking to New Zealand broadcaster...
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Expert Calls for Government to Stop ‘Lying’ About Cannabis
The New Zealand government should stop "lying" to its people over medicinal cannabis, a visiting doctor says. United States physician Dr David Bearman, who specialises in medicinal cannabis effects and...
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What Would Happen if New Zealand Legalized Cannabis?
Peter Dunne, the bespectacled politician in the bow-tie, was the unlikely hero of drug reform. In May, the Associate Health Minister ventured that "some, if not all" class C drugs should be...
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Could Our Farmers Cash in on Legal Cannabis?
Dairy, wine … hemp? If the currently restrictive laws on the cultivation of cannabis were loosened, it could change the agricultural landscape of New Zealand. "I think it will be up there with dairy...
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New Zealand Passes Laws to Make Medical Marijuana Widely Available
Legislation comes ahead of a referendum on recreational marijuana use in next two years. New Zealand’s government has passed a law that will make medical marijuana widely available for thousands of...
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New Zealand to Vote on Cannabis Legalization
New Zealanders will be able to vote on whether they want to legalize cannabis in a referendum next year. The draft law under consideration would allow people over the age of 20 to purchase the drug....
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Sparking Up a Trend: These Nations Are Following Canada’s Lead on Legal Cannabis
Canadians appear to be a bit conflicted about cannabis. A new Dalhousie University study out today suggests that support for legalization has dropped to 50.1 per cent, down 18.5 per cent from their...
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New Zealand’s Euthanasia and Cannabis Referendums Will Rightly Give Power to...
Some politicians may fret about the consequence of a public vote on these two issues, but with an increasing suspicion of elites, it’s the best way forward. New Zealanders will take part in a...
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Medicinal Cannabis Oil Changing Life of Taranaki Toddler With Rare Disease
When a Taranaki family's worst fear struck, and their toddler's rare disease made him start self-mutilating, it was cannabis oil they turned to - and it changed everything. Nash Jones, 2, has the rare...
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New Zealand’s Cannabis Reform is Akin to Canada’s but With a Protectionist Tinge
In New Zealand, a legal reform on cannabis was proposed. It will be voted on in a national referendum, along with the general elections and referendum on Euthanasia. This reform promises to lead the...
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