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Huge cannabis bust in Hawke's Bay - Latest News - Keep up with Newstalk ZB

Published on 2012-05-20 01:45:00

Huge cannabis bust in Hawke's Bay - Latest News - Keep up with Newstalk ZB1000 plants, gee and this is what happens under prohibition!Should we be surprised the Police get 'some'.... a pathetic .05% and they call it a success!Time to regulate, put cannabis into the restricted substances regulations before we create more job opportunities for criminal cannabis 'patches'.Blair Andersonhttp://mildgreens.blogspot.comGet Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlairsBrain-CanvassingFo [..] > read more

Science and Policy of 'Guilt by Machine"

Published on 2012-05-18 03:28:00

The science and policy of 'Guilt by Machine" explored in British Medical Journal blog, particularily cannabis testing described by British top cop Det. Chief Super Eddie Ellison as the logical equivalent of licking someones exhaust pipe ...to see if the driver had been speeding. Eddie had grave concerns that Police would tout individual 'detections' as evidence of policy effectivness while systemically degrading 'consent to police' elevating unintended consequences and entrenching health pol [..] > read more

End Cannabis Prohibition - NZ online petition

Published on 2012-04-28 16:36:00

Prohibition is a failure. Here’s why we need a new approach for all drugs, starting with cannabis! (sign petition to Prime Minister John Key > read more

Drug dogs 'a waste of time'

Published on 2012-04-11 21:12:00

Police with dogs at Waterloo station (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Dog training specialist Blair Anderson says using sniffer dogs to detect drugs in workplaces and schools is a waste of time. Mr Anderson, who runs a dog training business in Christchurch, believes dogs should not be trusted to carry out checks which could lead to people losing their jobs or even acquiring a criminal record.He also said he would have no concerns working around machinery with a cannabis user. It was a fact of life.“Ev [..] > read more

The Fox is in the Hen House.

Published on 2012-03-18 08:24:00

Image via WikipediaDemocracy severely tested! The Fox is in the Henhouse.God forgive the Alcohol Industry overspend...Could it be ethicaly questionable to uphold the Police as an independent investigator of political breaches of ethics surrounding drug policy. > read more

Ethics of Medicinal Cannabis, SATIVEX

Published on 2012-03-13 19:41:00

Image via WikipediaThe medicalisation of cannabis via SATIVEX poses a grave ethical issue with compound outcomes. see BBC taken in by the Sativex ScamThe problem is all about patient informed consent and the expediency of GWPharma telling lies. The ethics of not telling the truth about what's in Sativex and how it works should be seriously questioned as it affects not just the patients in receipt of their scrip, but all those who would 'otherwise' find cannabis efficacious. The BMJ and the med [..] > read more

Drug Convention Analysis Misses Kiwi Solution

Published on 2012-03-09 15:40:00

The TI report "The UN drug control conventions, The Limits of Latitude" (By Dave Bewley-Taylor and Martin Jelsma) content, while excellent, stands in marked contrast to the 'art of the politically possible' constrained and shallow analysis of our constitutional, ethical, moral and public health arrangements delivered by the Law Commission inquiry into drug use. The contestability of the Conventions gets little fellowship from the Drug Foundation who cow tow to treatment, drug courts and the a$ [..] > read more

Drug Policy Idiotology " Child Endangerme​nt By Proxy"

Published on 2012-02-26 22:04:00

Open Letter to the Prime Minister, The Leader of the Opposition, The NZ Drug Czar and My Member of Parliament.Dear Sir's/MadamsA TradeMe Community correspondent wrote:I haven't done Kronic. Although I had to look after a friend for the night as he lost his vision, ability to walk and communicate.River Phoenix (Image via RottenTomatoes.com)I invite the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Associate Minister of Health to consider the above expressed concern in relation to our emerg [..] > read more

South America Turns MildGreen

Published on 2012-02-24 19:16:00

Image via WikipediaWhenever I read drug policy and there is a discussion of what to do beyond prohibition, the same conclusions seem to be reached; market forces work better and more efficiently than legal/criminal/justice approaches. Its looking more and more like De-classification into a regulatory 'restricted substances' model like New Zealand's *provisions for the USE of drugs ammendments to the principal act, the UN approved 1975 Misuse of Drugs Act. / Blair * www.legislation.govt.nz/regul [..] > read more

Drugs, Driving and Manufactur​ed Consent?

Published on 2012-02-23 18:08:00

Image via WikipediaI watched the DrugFoundation celebrity guest Kennedy Lawford on this mornings TVNZ breakfast show. That Lawford was representing the UN and its mandatory drugs are evil message without question doesnt surprise me. He even went to onto say this wasn't about prohibition when all things considered (including our national drug policy) it is about prohibition.Some points of note:!2 steps is not successful, it is amongst the least successful, less so than even self determined harm [..] > read more

Cannabis is SAFER. "in Class D" or no Xmas for some!

Published on 2011-12-20 17:49:00

Image via CrunchBaseIs this Professor suggesting NZ's R18 Class D 'restricted substances' is 99 times better than splitting the age and driving people to drink!Drug policy is a zero sum game, everything we do wrong we do against ourselves. We make worse that which we came to fix. Image via WikipediaOne of the NYT readers comments (of which their are many well reasoned and insightful, and few 'holding theline') was this gem from a AE Doctor, Rick Abbott / Boulder, CONo science, just observation [..] > read more

Who Dat Cwazy Won Pull Maan!

Published on 2011-12-20 17:44:00

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeSome of the things the next President of the USA [Ron Paul] will do right away:• End The Drug War• Legalize Industrial Hemp• Allow Medical Marijuana Laws• Pardon All Non-violent Drug Offenders (that includes Marc Emery!)• Abolish The DEA and Drug Czar OfficeWho dat cwazy mann!-- Blair Anderson Social Ecologist 'at large'Related articlesPoll: Do You Agree With Ron Paul About Legalizing Marijuana At The State Level? (blisstree.com)Ron Paul Makes Intellig [..] > read more

Cannabis Causes Crime Like Forks Cause Obesity

Published on 2011-12-18 04:10:00

An explosion at a Hamilton home allegedly caused by a man preparing a batch of cannabis oil put a young child at risk, police say. Detective Sergeant Ricky Thompson of the Hamilton CIB said emergency services were called to a Whatawhata Rd house about 1pm yesterday after reports of an explosion. ``We're working to establish what has occurred however initial indications are a man at the address had been preparing a batch of cannabis oil in the shed when the explosion occurred.'' Image via Wi [..] > read more

Five Murders, Ipswich Defined

Published on 2011-12-11 08:21:00

Five Daughters: BBC Based on the personal testimonies of many of those most closely involved, Five Daughters recounts the final weeks in the lives of the five young women murdered in Ipswich in 2006. Stars:Adam Kotz, Juliet Aubrey and Natalie PressImage via WikipediaLegal Regulation of Prostitution was never going to stop prostitution. Just as Legal Regulation of currently illicit drugs (or emerging psychoactive recreational substances, currently unregulated) would not stop all drug problems. [..] > read more

Thirteen Ways Drug Legalization Could Improve Real Estate Values

Published on 2011-12-10 05:48:00

Thirteen Ways Drug Legalization Could Improve Real Estate ValuesImage via WikipediaAs any read of Catherine Ausren Fitts's "Narcodollars for Dummies" would inform us, prohibition is crap for communities whereas legal regulation is the stuff of social capital.Blair Andersonhttp://mildgreens.blogspot.comGet Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlairsBrain-CanvassingForOpinion > read more

Let's Talk About Solutions - Editorial

Published on 2011-12-06 21:00:00

Image by vikisuzan via Flickr (MildGreens reply to Editorial Marlborough Express re: Alcohol)Curiously, and despite it not making any contribution to debate on the hustings, the Law Commission's enquiries on Alcohol and Other Drugs was instructive insofar as during the review process Commission(er) Warren Young said in answer to questions regarding the two most popular recreational substances under enquiry, cannabis and alcohol, "one would inform the other".If we took as a starting point th [..] > read more

123!, What are we waiting for?

Published on 2011-12-02 14:24:00

Image by dbking via Flickr1. Expunge all convictions for cannabis, possession and cultivations. and 2. Refund all fines and court costs else wise 'sorry' is just a word. and 3. Place cannabis into the Class D provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act where, quite correctly, it can be managed as a health issue. 1/2 &3 act to coherently address the displacement of revenues from entire communities that presently exist under the aegis of prohibition's grey markets. It doesn't matter which order 1,2 & 3 [..] > read more

Health,Justice and Law & Order, Anyone? Vote ALCP.

Published on 2011-11-23 23:01:00

Image via WikipediaHealth, Justice and Law & Order, Anyone? Vote ALCP.Press Release – 24 November 2011 - AOTEAROA LEGALISE CANNABIS PARTY"Decriminalise the Kiwi whanau and regulate the herb R18 - less police is the sign of a healthy community",say Christchurch ALCP candidates. ALCP has stepped in at the last minute illuminating the 2011 general election's Health, Law & Order debate. They say there are upwards of 400,000 people consuming cannabis in NZ (some say as many as 730,000), and meanwhi [..] > read more

Pot, Privacy, Police and Prime Ministers

Published on 2011-11-18 15:07:00

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeAssociation of Taxpayers and Consumer's [ACT party] Leader Don Brash's comments on cannabis are simplistic but none the less helpful. But don't expect media to dig deeper. Brash replaced Epsom MP Rodney Hide who would legalise all drugs tomorrow, and PM Key is saying Katherine Issac (nee Judd) should be leader... she is an arch prohibitionist. (CHCH, Russley Hotel)Image by Getty Images via @daylifeSo what was the real agenda behind talking up the support [..] > read more

Rehab, Lightbulbs and Stupidity of Criminalisation

Published on 2011-11-09 18:56:00

Man jailed after refusing rehab : Taranaki Daily News:"It's a funny war when the 'enemy' is entitled to due process of law and a fair trial," - William BennetAnd we seriously believe putting this man in jail is going to change anything. The POLICE are lying to the courts about the harms when 160gms of cannabis is estimated to create (by Police's own commissioned report) about 2000 dollars of harm to the community. So we send a man to jail for nine months to fix that problem? Whaaa! Cannabis i [..] > read more

'Daktory' cannabis club owner jailed "Political"

Published on 2011-06-28 22:02:00

Politicians and Prohibitors may call this Justice but Dakta Green is right, this is, indisputably political. see GOOGLE NEWS items hereIt should be obvious to all that there is no New Zealand Alcohol Party, or Tobacco Party of Aotearoa, nor is there > read more

Dunne, Class D and Fake Drug Policy

Published on 2011-06-23 20:48:00

Correspondent Howgoodisit makes a strong case, one that is based on evidence and harm reduction/minimisation reasoning. (as seen on United Future Forum)Image by ENAS_ via FlickrRather than treating this issue reactively on an ongoing drug by drug bas > read more

Seattle/Washington to "Legalise It".

Published on 2011-06-22 22:15:00

Testing Washington State drivers for the presence or absence of inhaled or ingested cannabis is utterly illogical as the residue of cannabis consumption, the metabolites, have no correlation to impairment. Metabolites are temporarily stored in f > read more

Police Zero Tollerance Creates Organised Crime

Published on 2011-06-20 06:41:00

Image via WikipediaPolice in the Hutt Valley are cracking down on organised crime and illegal drug activity and are warning criminals to watch out.Police in Hutt Valley crack down on organised crimeFriday, 10 June 2011 / c/o New Zealand PoliceComma > read more

Pot Prohibitionists are Wrong

Published on 2011-06-20 06:36:00

(extract)Prohibitionists are like religious zealots: when presented with facts, history, science, and data, they simply refuse to acknowledge it. Instead, they dig in their heels, and insist even more vehemently that they are right because they belie > read more

CHRONIC Drug Policy

Published on 2011-06-10 03:07:00

Youth Court principal Judge Andrew Becroft took part in a controlled purchase of Kronic after first hearing about the cannabis substitute while in Dunedin last month. - ODT Fri, 10 Jun 2011. (see Youth Court judge buys Kronic in Duned > read more

Maurice Disputing Facts, and Deservingly So!

Published on 2011-06-07 22:11:00

‎Image by cheetah100 via FlickrMaurice Didham's delay in resolving his cannabis case is not uncharacteristic of many recent cases where Police have argued a future value predicated on unrealistic assessments of yield and sales value. They also regu > read more

Judith Collins lies through her teeth on TV3

Published on 2011-06-05 08:20:00

Sean The Law Commission's also suggested the essential decriminalisation of some offences, particularly the cannabis offences and making health agencies rather than justice agencies if you like the lead caregivers, or corrective agencies, as far as t > read more

Mass Debating Cannabis Commerce

Published on 2011-05-31 23:04:00

Bill H01371 By Ms. Ellen Story of Amherst, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01371) of Anne M. Gobi and others for legislation to legalize marijuana and establish a tax on the cannabis industry. Joint Committee on the Judiciary.Section 1. Na > read more

Paradigm Shift in Global Drug Policy

Published on 2011-05-30 19:05:00

Former Presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Switzerland, Prime Minister of Greece, Kofi Annan, George Shultz and Paul Volcker Call for Paradigm Shift in Global Drug Policy.Image via WikipediaCommission of World Leaders Urges New Approaches to F > read more

Getting it right - National Times

Published on 2011-05-24 11:19:00

Image via Wikipedia''One part of the research was that we interviewed something like 50 senior police, senior magistrates, senior politicians, senior public servants. Every one of them, unanimously, said, 'You are absolutely right and we totally ag > read more

Demos/UKDPC: Drug bans outdated for new highs

Published on 2011-05-18 18:54:00

· Outdated Misuse of Drugs Act could unintentionally increase harms· The rise in new 'legal highs' could be controlled through use of consumer protection legislation· In assessing whether to co > read more

A Hairs Breadth from Insanity

Published on 2011-05-14 05:31:00

Image via WikipediaOnly in the USA (see hair testing promotion)Marijuana remains the most abused drug in the United States. A recent SAMHSA report shows that 76% of drug users self report they use marijuana. Without the proper test methods and techno > read more

Potential lethal batch warning of 2c-e

Published on 2011-05-14 04:12:00

On March 17th in Minneapolis and on May 7th in Oklahoma two groups of 19 people total were hospitalized and 2 people died after the ingestion of 2C-E. 2C-E has been used over 20 years without serious incidents.Read more: http://www.drugs-forum. > read more

No Right Turn: The LawCom hates the War on Drugs

Published on 2011-05-04 05:50:00

Image via Wikipedia No Right Turn: The LawCom hates the War on DrugsPity the LC gave no hard data upon which performance measures could be based, no cost benefit analysis of current policy!Its a bloody fraud.... leaving the recommendations weak and t > read more

Note on the Law Commission Report findings

Published on 2011-05-03 21:42:00

Image via Wikipedia1 These conventions prohibit the manufacture, import, export, sale and supply of a wide range of psychoactive substances specified in the Conventions. NO, this is incorrect, these conventions do not explain how Portugal can remove > read more

As Seen on TradeMe Community

Published on 2011-04-30 08:03:00

Image via Wikipedia 4:5 Christchurch folk > read more

Don vs Rodney, Bring Back Hide.

Published on 2011-04-28 17:50:00

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeNothing identifies the inconsistency to party principles in the Rodney Hide vs Don Brash ACT Party leadership coupe than that surrounding drug policy. Either drugs are an issue or they are not. On the eve of the rele > read more

Blair's Third War

Published on 2011-04-27 15:15:00

From: David Nutt's Blog: Evidence not Exageration Blair's Third War Professor David Nutt | April 26, 2011 at 4:08 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p12DJs-1c I write this from Mexico, where the 'War on Drugs' and clashing drug cartel > read more

Hello

Published on 2011-04-18 00:34:00

Hi Dearest, Kind regards, I am Rosemary,tall,slim,fair,and a very good looking girl that loves traveling and dancing, a student,that loves to be loved,kindly permit my contacting you through this medium I am compelled to contact you via this medium > read more

Re: [SPAM: 8.000] Challenging the Warrant under Statute Interpretations

Published on 2011-04-14 21:58:00

As a matter of law, the Misuse of Drugs Act, in force right now, spells out very clearly that Cannabis is a Class C drug, & that's the end of the matter. It may well be a striking anomaly that natural cannabis/THC is Class > read more

Challenging the Warrant under Statute Interpretations

Published on 2011-04-14 18:11:00

there is a well-established and perfectly sensible rule of statutory interpretation which says that where one statute replaces another, and where the new statute does not repeat a particular provision in the previous one, then it is to be presumed th > read more

Legal Drugs, Schools and Restorative Justice

Published on 2011-04-12 22:37:00

STUFF comments by Blair Anderson #3 12:33 pm Apr 12 2011 Image via WikipediaOpunake's Principal maria Potter response seems to be the pragmatic one here. Unfortunately MP Dunne et al are unable to get over what the evidence says, and why a statutory > read more

Health Minister Dunne Goes "Legalise!"

Published on 2011-03-31 18:19:00

Image via WikipediaDunne signals R18 ban on synthetic cannabinoid substancesWednesday 30 March 2011, 5:30PM / By Peter Dunne Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today delivered a strong warning to anyone selling synthetic cannabinoid substanc > read more

beehive.govt.nz - Dunne signals R18 ban on synthetic cannabinoid substances

Published on 2011-03-31 14:54:00

beehive.govt.nz - Dunne signals R18 ban on synthetic cannabinoid substancesRelated articlesHealth Minister Dunne Goes "Legalise!" (mildgreens.blogspot.com)DEA follows military lead, Spice now banned (waronterrornews.typepad.com)Fake Pot is Now > read more

Cancer, Brain Protection, What Next?

Published on 2011-03-28 21:05:00

> Our results suggest that a pre- or post-conditioning treatment with extremely low doses of THC, several days before or after brain injury, may provide safe and effective long-term neuroprotection. Preconditioning, a phenomenon where a mino > read more

If You Support Prohibition?

Published on 2011-03-26 15:05:00

Public Health Specialists At WorkAs Seen On Stuff:malcolm kyle #11 11:24 pm Feb 14 2011 If you support prohibition then you're either a black market profiteer, a terrorist, a corrupt politician, a sadomoralist, a wing-nut socialist or a fake-conserva > read more

Top UK Officials: UN-Inspired War on Drugs Failed

Published on 2011-03-24 20:12:00

"One would like to be charitable and offer up the notion that British political elites have suddenly — because it is rational — discovered that the war on drugs is illegitimate and counterproductive; but, no, the timing is too suspicious... > read more

Lords say NO to Drug Prohibition?

Published on 2011-03-15 21:23:00

Very instructive House of Lords debate on Drug Policy (transcript)   Opening address: To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to establishing a royal commission on the law governing drug use and possession. First, as > read more

Following Lawful Direction....

Published on 2011-03-14 19:28:00

Delivering Potable Water....Get Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlairsBrain-CanvassingForOpinion > read more

I could apply discretion!

Published on 2011-03-14 19:25:00

"I could cite the Misuse of Drugs Act...."(supposedly as a result of a complaint) Blair Anderson http://mildgreens.blogspot.comGet Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlairsBrain-CanvassingForOpinion > read more

Cannabis Is Medicine Tour

Published on 2011-03-14 19:20:00

Sell It' Buy It. Love It.A very Class D suggestion.Blair Andersonhttp://mildgreens.blogspot.comGet Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlairsBrain-CanvassingForOpinion > read more

Drugs, Social Control and Social Exclusion

Published on 2011-03-14 16:57:00

'Drugs, Social Control and Social Exclusion', School of Law, Birkbeck College, UK — 28 June 2011 The International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy will be speaking as part of a public lecture on the topic of 'Drugs, Social Control and Social > read more

An Abstract for the Elephant?

Published on 2011-03-09 21:01:00

The elephant in the room with the 'grass ceiling'.Earleywine Mitch, Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2011;106(2):245-6; discussion 251-2 University at Albany, Psychology, SS 369, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA. Any help with an > read more

Look and Smell Policing

Published on 2011-03-06 07:33:00

"the appearance and demeanour of the defendant caused him to believe there were reasonable grounds he was in possession of cannabis" - Judge Stephen O'DriscollIt might not have occurred to this clown that the Cop had to trip over piles of NORML > read more

A Thinking Mans Editor

Published on 2011-03-05 04:07:00

Image via Wikipediathe Seattle Times reiterated their editorial support for legalization, stating “the costs of prohibition in police, courts, jails, gang warfare, civil liberties and blighted lives are too high, especially for a product that lends > read more

Alcohol vs Cannabis

Published on 2011-03-03 15:55:00

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeThe harmful use of alcohol is a global problem which compromises both individual and social development. It results in 2.5 million deaths each year. It also causes harm far beyond the physical and psychological healt > read more

Name 'something you pass around'?

Published on 2011-02-09 16:07:00

Cannabis next to Godliness..Worth the laugh!Blair Anderson http://mildgreens.blogspot.comGet Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlairsBrain-CanvassingForOpinion > read more

To most scientists, Cannabis is safer

Published on 2011-02-01 19:58:00

DEA says 'no medical use!"Image via Wikipedia Why is there a MSM & government systemwide defacto block on contacts and interviews with Doctors like Dr. Andrew Weil and the 99% of Scientists who SAY CANNABIS IS GREAT MEDICINE and MUCH SA > read more

Published on 2011-01-30 19:55:00

Image via WikipediaDr. Arnold Tashkin of UCLA conducted the largest-ever study of marijuana's effect on the lungs. His team found that not only was marijuana not associated with lung cancer, but that it possibly even exerts a protective effect agains > read more

Guilt by Machine!

Published on 2011-01-30 05:30:00

Image via Wikipedia Roll over George O.Police using new automated technology to help find stolen Wellington cars If the public seriously believe the hype being given to 'stolen vehicles' maybe the media should inquire, where are the beneficiaries of > read more

Instructive insight here....

Published on 2011-01-16 16:47:00

Instructive insight here.... Mon, 17/01/2011 - 11:44 — VOXY Instructive insight here.... substitute car for career, home, farm, lifestyle, cognitive choices, freedom and other such treasured institutions. And then lets pretend cannabis interdictio > read more

City Drug Raids Solve Diddly

Published on 2011-01-11 17:35:00

The Police are in cuckoo land if they believe this will make any difference to prevalence of pot.http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4487883/Fifteen-arrested-in-drug-raids  Despite the evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study of > read more

Sex, Politics and Drugs.

Published on 2010-11-30 18:16:00

AAPPersonal drug use should be decriminalised and drug abusers should be rehabilitated rather than imprisoned, the Australian Sex party says.Launching the party's revolutionary drug law policy in Sydney on Tuesday, party president and Victorian Senat > read more

Shopping Cart of Burning Pot Pushed Into Cop Shop

Published on 2010-11-18 16:49:00

Taking Protest to a new High.....New Zealand Protesters Push Shopping Cart Full of Burning Marijuana Into Police StationRelated articlesIt's time to legalize: end the war on pot (drugwarrant.com) Get Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburne > read more

Cannabis amnesty would solve crowd problems - ALCP

Published on 2010-11-17 22:12:00

Image by Getty Images via @daylife By Jenny Suo, 3 NewsTUE, 09 NOV 2010Saturday's alcohol-fuelled incident at Eden Park Stadium could have been avoided if it was legal to smoke cannabis during the game, the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party says > read more

Cannabis Protects against Social Burden of Alcohol

Published on 2010-11-04 16:42:00

Yesterday's NewstalkZB talkback featured Kerry Woodham focusing on Cannabis asking the question, Do we need another drug? Alcohol is bad enough etc. University of California at San Diego reports that binge drinkers (defined as boys who consumed f > read more

Legalisation Acceptable.

Published on 2010-11-03 14:40:00

Image by futureatlas.com via Flickr Over 3,392,000 voters, perhaps including you, expressed their disapproval of the current system of criminalization and their support for legalization. They expressed hope for a safer, more rational society wh > read more