Report from Motueka
To celebrate International J Day, cannabis law reform supporters held a mellow potnik in Motueka. A beautiful ‘stop the arrests' banner was hung next to the Bunya Bunya tree on the main street for a couple of hours and civil rights/law reform information was distributed. At 4.2O the joints came out, and we smoked with passers by.
The potnik attracted interesting responses, ranging from disbelief to big grins, and toots from motorists. We got a little reaction and stimulated some debate. We also got to smoke some nice buds with some nice people in the sun. no big deal. Just the way it should be.
Cannabis prohibition doesn’t reflect prevailing social attitudes towards cannabis in the West Coast Tasman Electorate, so we commend local MP Damien OConnor for recently pointing out the flaws in the current cannabis policy. We hope he will support moves to put these observations into action in the next parliamentary term.
Labour MP Damien O’Connor on cannabis prohibition: “Take Marijuana; it's illegal, so there are no outlets, there's no advertising, there's no legal purchase age and there's no taxation. Do these controls stop people smoking cannabis? No. Do they reduce the harm? No. Do they eliminate the wider problems of cannabis in our society? No.” *