𝔊reenthumb 𝐖iżd☯︎m
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𝕶𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝕽𝖎𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖑 • 3× Appointed: KS Hemp Advisory Board • @Kansans4Hemp • NCIS+CDC trained • certified: @usda @theklc @idpcnet @unige_en @odprn_research
Do we fully appreciate the widespead harm fuelled by the Drug War? It's out of control and so damaging in so many ways. This tree should have been felled decades ago. The fear and vilification of certain psychoactive drugs is a relic from the 1900s - like so many other ignorance and prejudice from that era that led to some abhorrent laws, policies and practises towards: indigenous peoples; women; people of colour; homosexuality; suicide; disability; mental illness; and abortion. Thankfully these aws and policies on all these subjects have changed significantly since the 1900s - EXCEPT we've seen little fundamental change in drug laws, policies or practices. Here in Aotearoa NZ we are still governed by a 1975 Misuse of Drugs Act, a law informed by the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs - which itself consolidated nine distinct multilateral treaties adopted between 1912 and 1953! This is a ludicrous state of affairs. It is time to stop lopping branches. This tree is rooted in the toxic soil of prejudice, vested interests, propaganda, ignorance, misinformation and misplaced fear - we need to chainsaw the whole tree down from the base. Please help us in Aotearoa. Take action now and sign the Parliamentary petition to repeal the Misuse of Drugs Act and have a new fit for purpose drug law based on Health, Harm Reduction and Human Rights. Anyone from any country can sign. See hrca.nz or go direct to: petitions.parliament.nz/0ab5ed2a-54c9-…
"The decades-long war on drugs has failed. The evidence is clear: a more compassionate, health-first approach to drug policy that decriminalises use and possession and supports those formerly marginalised by criminalisation has myriad benefits." thelancet.com/journals/lanhi…
When the government bans something, they also ban the demand for that thing. That “thing” magically disappears and anyone previously using that “thing” stops, and does something virtuous instead. From my upcoming book “How The Government Thinks Bans Work”
