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The weed factor

Posted by Tainui Stephens | Oct 13, 2024 | Reflections

“It’s easy to laugh at the Cheech and Chong silliness of weed, but it is a drug. Too much of a good thing is always a bad thing. Too much of a bad thing is even worse.” — Tainui Stephens.

I’m voting yes in the cannabis referendum

Posted by Emmaline Pickering-Martin | Sep 27, 2020 | Comment & Analysis

“I’m voting ‘Yes’ in support of the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill because we need meaningful change in an area that has, for far too long, marginalised our young Māori and Pacific people.” — Emmaline Pickering-Martin.

Manu Caddie: Focusing on the good from cannabis

Posted by Manu Caddie | Aug 15, 2020 | Kōrero

“I never used it as a young fulla. I’ve tried it a couple of times as an adult. But it didn’t do anything super exciting for me — so I don’t use it myself.” — Manu Caddie, co-founder of Rua Bioscience, developers of medicinal cannabis.

Cannabis and Race

Posted by Tim McKinnel | Jun 21, 2020 | Comment & Analysis

“It’s difficult to escape the conclusion that our cannabis laws have been yet another tool of colonial oppression.” — Tim McKinnel on the upcoming cannabis referendum.

Tuari Potiki: Fighting the darkness with the light

Posted by Dale Husband | Sep 29, 2019 | Kōrero

“This year, there’ll be another 4,000 convictions just for cannabis offences. Forty percent of those will be Māori. So I see decriminalisation and regulation as a way of reducing harm, particularly to Māori.”