Posts by Craig Young
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Hard News: About that Rhythm and Vines…, in reply to tatjna,
Hyponatremia is also a risk for me as a person with Type 2 diabetes and I don't even use recreational drugs, let it be noted.
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Hard News: About that Rhythm and Vines…, in reply to Moz,
Does that have anything to do with the fact that Fred Nile is in the NSW Legislative Council? I've spotted some of his reefer madness silliness on the CDP website, which I spy on for LGBT friends.
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Hard News: About that Rhythm and Vines…, in reply to Russell Brown,
As a matter of interest, Russell, does anyone ever respond to McCoskrie's facile antidrug populist grandstanding with some good evidence-based rebuttal? Yes, I know it's onerous and I know he's an utter tosser, but the problem is that he's gibbering in an evidence-free vacuum and in the absence of harm reduction and risk management based substance, his nonsense will gain traction.
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Either abolish the Misuse of Drugs Act, or provide an evidence-based quanta that is focused on harm minimisation, risk reduction, rehabilitation or exit (if that is what users choose), with a corresponding focus on the magnitude and severity of harm. And abolish the Class C category altogether.
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Good strategic move here, especially as Can't-abis campaigners Family First are already humming and hahing about the dangers of "Big Pot" given Bob McCoskrie's recent Colorado visit. So why aren't they campaigning as vigorously against breweries and tobacco companies?
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To which extent were state institutional responsibilities for care shared with religious institutions such as the Catholic or other churches?
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So where was the commemoration on our national media? Nothing on TVNZ, not even on Radio New Zealand, where one would expect it to be a focus of public broadcasting archival references.
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Some wiccan families I know have a green clad Solstice Witch for this time of year. Sounds more geographically appropriate, and apparently the prezzies are nonsexist and ecologically sound.
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My question would be whether or not reform opponents will get together in their own antis group, as has happened in the context of the contemporary euthanasia debate. I suspect it may have crossed Family First's mind- although its website seems to be down at the moment, as is Bob McCoskrie's personal blog.
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One thing to remember about Bob M is that there are some very easy ways to call his bluff. Namely, these
(i) Relevant qualifications: Bob's tertiary qualifications are in accountancy and tax policy. Now, I have no doubt that this means excellent fiscal discipline within Family First, but these aren't applicable skills when it comes to pharmacology, toxicology, botany and relevant scientific disciplines in the context of the cannabis debate. Simply find someone with a strategically relevant skill set and use them for rebuttal
(ii) Based on my experience with Bob during several LGBT debates, what he tends to do is parrot US Christian Right pressure groups when it comes to rhetoric, tactics and strategy. For "US Christian Right', read populist US social conservative anti-drug organisations, but the same applies in this context.
(iii) In which case, providing rebuttal is easy, Merely look up the source Bob's citing, see if there are any rebuttals from high-profile professionals within peer-reviewed medical or scientific journals, or statements from US professional associations that contradict him.Finally, yeah, he may well have been able to mobilise opponents of Section 59 repeal a decade ago, but much metaphorical water has passed under the bridge since then. He's lost repeatedly when it comes to prostitution laws, LGBT concerns and women's reproductive rights. Take the simple steps above and you can easily outflank him.