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Soft and Flawed Approach On Drugs At Music Festi...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Media Release 2 January 2019 Family First NZ says that attempts to allow drug use and drug testing at music festivals is flawed and dangerous, and is being…
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Changes To Marijuana Laws Should Now Stop
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Media Release 11 December 2018 Family First NZ says that with the cannabis medicine bill being passed today, it is now time for politicians to move on from…
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Mental Health Inquiry Will Worsen Mental Health ...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Media Release 4 December 2018 Family First NZ says that the Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction has made disturbing recommendations on the legal treatment of drugs which…
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Bob McCoskrie: Canada’s legal cannabis is no w...
Friday, November 30, 2018
Published in the NZ Herald, 29 November 2018 Dr Benedikt Fischer’s analysis of Canada’s new law on legal marijuana demonstrates that cannabis legalisation is high in promise and…
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I Visited Colorado To See Dope Legalisation. Don...
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Legalised dope is a licence for Big Marijuana to exploit young people Bob McCoskrie – National Director, Family First NZ Published in the Dominion Post 15 November 2018…
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Evidence Proves Tax Argument For Marijuana Is Fl...
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Media Release 7 November 2018 Family First New Zealand says that the cost benefit analysis of drug law reform may sound attractive, but international evidence shows that it…
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Canada’s marijuana law – confusion a...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Canada’s law introduced on October 17 this year has huge variations of how the law will apply throughout the country. This will lead to confusion and uncertainty, but…
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Labour / Greens Playing Cynical Politics With Ca...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Media Release 17 Oct 2018 Family First NZ believes that Labour and Greens are playing cynical politics with the cannabis medicine issue because of the upcoming referendum on…
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Portugal A Success? You Be The Judge!
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Portugal’s drug decriminalisation in 2001 is touted as the positive example New Zealand should aspire to. The basis for such a proposition was based on a 2009 report…
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It’s high time we took a breath from marijuana...
Monday, October 1, 2018
The Denver Post 28 September 2018 Family First Comment: From someone who knows… “The marijuana industry is trying to exploit our nation’s opioid tragedy to push its own controlled…
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Wine Gummy Bears Raise Concern For Children
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Media Release 25 September 2018 Family First NZ is concerned about reports that a Marlborough candy company is marketing wine gummy bears, and is warning that alcohol edibles…
