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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.

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New 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.

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‘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.

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AC/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.

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Hunger 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.

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Law 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...

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‘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.

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New 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.

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Crown 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.

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Synthetic 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.

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Home 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.

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UN 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...

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Delay 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.

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Global 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...

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Food 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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