Drug substitution SAFER

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9331572/One-in-10-Kiwis-now-alcoholic

If Hypocrisy Was Capital

Image via WikipediaIf the hypocrisy that underpins our ‘all drugs’ policy was capital we would be in surplus.


No adjustment to alcohol ‘regulation’ can be made effective while the double standards that apply to cannabis (NZ most popular other drug) exist. Ramping up youth targeted partial prohibition of alcohol will serve ony to drive that demograph to illicit alternatives with contingent downsides, just as prohibition of the SAFER cannabis drives people to drink.

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DHB candidates survey

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DHB candidates survey From: 'Mayor Blair' Anderson Date: 2007-09-29 12:39 (UTC) Short link

Canterbury DHB candidates might like to respond to the 'claim' that a significant percentage of the health vote (70% according to the National Health Service in the UK) is expended in alcohol related contingencies and this 'preventable' administrative and environmental burden falls under the brief of 'HEALTHY CHRISTCHURCH" participants, including CDHB and CCC.

And if so... do said DHB candidates bring ANY expertise to the table surrounding efficacy of 'drug policy' laws exacted under warrant of the Minister of Health [not Justice] currently in wide disrepute ?

OR

acknowledge any merit in fostering 'cultural linkages' via the Sister Cities programme exploring why Seattle's entire health and law sector addressed themselves to these pressing issues ?

(details re:Seattle' institutional, civic and civil support can be found at http://www.blair4mayor.com/ )

sig: "Mayor Blair" Anderson,

[Blair Anderson, who officially and at the request of 200 participating organisations and 'sponsors' in Christchurch including but not limited to CCC and Chair of Healthy Christchurch, Mayor Garry Moore, CEO Community and Public Health, Evon Currie, and others, was directed, absent ANY evidence or robust due process to live in UNHEALTHY CHRISTCHURCH for the societaly disruptive proselytising^ of 'health promotion, and the removal of identified impediments under Ottawa Charter principles'.]

Non-Candidate readers may wish to forward this email/link to standing candidates for comment.

^according to internal Healthy ChCh memo widely distrubuted throughout Christchurch.