Posts by BenWilson
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Was just thinking this morning that the referendum is pretty much fucked the moment the opponents cotton on to the strategy of highlighting the connection between any kind of smoking and respiratory impairment, in an age where harm minimization is at the most ascendant I have ever even conceived, particularly in that respect.
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Hard News: Together Alone, in reply to Moz,
Presumably if the weather is not too bad they can just sail around to save marina fees?
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You can get little ones online. Good enough to get seedlings established, then plant out in the garden. Mine is actually a carport, which I decided to put clear roofing on because who the hell wastes building space on a car? I'm running out of shelf space though.
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One major beneficiary of the lockdown: my greenhouse project. Chili, jade plants, holy basil, thyme, Kowhai, Kauri and Radiata all popping up. Dwarf beans on their way.
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Suggestion for Russell. Start another honeypot thread which is for discussion rather than community spirited kindness and sharing of experiences, and divert any debate to there.
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Ping from Kelston. Hat tip to Deborah for making me aware that I am in Kelston, NOT New Lynn. She is intimate with the boundaries and I am Sepuloni's problem :-)
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Hard News: The Cannabis Legalisation and…, in reply to ,
Reverse psychology? That might just work.
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Just spotted an amusing flaw in the no-advertising aspects:
52 Premises must have signs displaying opening hours
The holder of a consumption premises licence or a retail premises licence must
ensure that for each principal entrance to the premises there is displayed at all
times a sign attached to the inside or outside of the premises, so as to be easily
read by people immediately outside the entrance, stating the ordinary hours of
business during which the premises are open for the sale of cannabis products
or, as the case may be, the consumption of cannabis.
53 Licences to be displayed in premises
The holder of a consumption premises licence or a retail premises licence must
ensure that at all times a copy of the licence, together with a statement of all
conditions subject to which it is issued, is displayed—
(a) attached to the inside of the premises concerned; and
(b) so as to be easily read by people entering each principal entrance.Pretty hard to see how a sign in the window saying when they are open for the sale of cannabis isn't a sign visible to the public saying they sell cannabis. So they are both prohibited from this sign, and also required to show it.
This has to be fixed. No brainer.
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Hard News: The Cannabis Legalisation and…, in reply to BenWilson,
But on the way there is going to be a phase where smaller suppliers that can’t necessarily be trusted are operating. In such cases, you have to inspect produce.
Mind you, section 48 requires harm and ingredients messaging to be on all packaging. Unless there is no packaging, I don't really see how selling raw produce like in a fruit shop is even tenable. I guess any bag you give the customer has to have a message on it, and list the ingredients (presumably "Contains 100% cannabis plant material"), or they have to bring their own bag. That could end up being the work around? The "delivery" will literally involve spooning it out of a container into your own bag, so the customer can't help but see the produce?
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Hard News: The Cannabis Legalisation and…, in reply to Matthew Green,
You can grow quite a large amount of cannabis with just two plants - especially outdoors.
Not in all seasons, though. So you can't get a continual harvest, and you're not allowed to store large amounts of dried product without a license. So producing entirely for yourself, entirely legally, would probably require an indoor setup if you use a lot. But we are still talking about a LOT. We don't know average consumption for a general population in NZ under post-prohibition conditions, but I'd be amazed if it's much more than occasional use. Growing for personal use would probably end up like home brewing, a niche hobby, barely worth it from a financial perspective.
