Posts by chris fowlie
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Staffer - anyone from a CEO down who you don't want to be associated with, post incident
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Motu - as used to describe the entire country rather than the correct translation of peninsula or island.
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Noper
(But please don't give them another win!)
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Vote Yes
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Thanks for your work on this Russell. In response to some comments I'd just note that being a qualified medical doctor and being a GP are not the same thing. Yes Dr Hotu is qualified, but no, he does not appear to hold a current certificate to be a GP. That makes it doubly-weird he would poke his head up claiming to be the "only" medicinal cannabis clinic, while running it apparently without the specialist needed.
https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/register-of-doctors/doctor/hotu-mark-teahu/
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And "Reeferendum" gets a vote from me too please. I like how implies an end to reefer madness (a stretch, but I live in hope)
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Ok Boomer!
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Christchurch
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Thanks for getting clarification here that controlled drugs such as cannabis might be part of a PSA-like law, rather than the PSA itself, which is currently fatally flawed (in part due to themselves!). The major issue for me is that the PSA takes a medicines approach which is not warranted (as the substances are not trying to cure a disease or treat a condition), and especially for natural plants and herbs. It's one thing to demand pharmaceutical-level tests for novel chemicals - and of course Jessamine and Medsafe would insist on this, it's what they do - but there are other approaches for plant-based drugs that could treat safety issues more like foods or, duh, herbs. The Natural Health and Supplementary Products Bill comes to mind.