ScienceDaily 2 July 2020 Family First Comment: “Mothers who said they had used cannabis while pregnant were significantly more likely to report their children having clinical sleep problems. Those who used …
Revealed: What drugs have Kiwi festival-goers been taking?
NZ Herald 29 June 2020 The study also found that a portable hand-held device used for rapid on-site testing, called a Raman spectrometer, failed to correctly identify components in nearly …
A Massachusetts City Decides to Recognize Polyamorous Relationships
The New York Times 2 July 2020 Family First Comment: As we predicted. If gender doesn’t matter, why should number? “Mr. Scott, the councilman, said he had been inundated by …
Nick Leggett: Know what you are voting for
TransportTalk 26 June 2020 It seems every time you tune into social media you get hit with the New Zealand Drug Foundation’s ‘Vote Yes’ campaign to legalise recreational cannabis. The …
Mike’s Minute: Government’s cannabis agenda has been exposed
NewsTalk ZB 2 July 2020 Family First Comment: “…the government funded Drug Foundation did exactly that. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars from we know not who, in telling …
Higher Risk on Roads if Cannabis Legalised – Road Transport Forum
Media Release SayNopeToDope NZ 3 July 2020 The Road Transport Forum has sent a warning about the higher risks on roads – and to New Zealand truck drivers in particular …
Mike Hosking on the furore re cannabis referendum funding – ouch! :-)
Mike Hosking deals with the claims by Justice Minister Andrew Little that the SayNopeToDope campaign is being funded by US groups.
New Zealand’s paid parental leave increase, and how it compares to other countries
Stuff co.nz 1 July 2020 On Wednesday, paid parental leave in New Zealand increased from 22 weeks to 26 weeks, and rose by $20 a week. Parents with children due on or …
Justice Minister doesn’t want foreign groups debating cannabis referendum (not sure if and how they are though)
Newstalk ZB 1 July 2020 The Justice Minister isn’t happy about an international organisation getting involved in our cannabis referendum here (right is the speaking lineup for a conference held …
SayNopeToDope spokesperson sets the record straight on Radio NZ
MPs concerned over anti-drug campaign’s similarity to US group Radio NZ News 2 July 2020 Family First Comment: Andrew Little and Chloe Swarbrick raised concerns that a US organisation is ‘interfering’ …