Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
Midday on Wednesday (May 15) is the starting time for the final legalize cannabis rally for Maryjane the NORML Cannabus on her first tour of the country.
On May 15, Maryjane the Cannabus will return to parliament. From midday until 4:20pm, Maryjane's crew, and supporters, will rally in the grounds to demand an immediate halt to cannabis arrests, and the legalization of use and supply of cannabis for adults over 18. Wherever Maryjane goes, smokers are invited to smoke cannabis publicly as a collective act of civil disobedience against unfair, unjust cannabis prohibition laws. Spokespeople from all political parties have been invited to address the crowd for 4 minutes and 20 seconds on their parties drug law reform policies between 1pm and 2pm.
Contact:
Dakta Green
027 337 1910
Cannabus@windowslive.com
http://www.norml.org.nz/
http://www.cannabus.org.nz/
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Re: Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35 by Bob Dylan:
Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good,
They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would.
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to go home.
Then they'll stone ya when you're there all alone.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Well, they'll stone ya when you're walkin' 'long the street.
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to keep your seat.
They'll stone ya when you're walkin' on the floor.
They'll stone ya when you're walkin' to the door.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
They'll stone ya when you're at the breakfast table.
They'll stone ya when you are young and able.
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to make a buck.
They'll stone ya and then they'll say, "good luck."
Tell ya what, I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Well, they'll stone you and say that it's the end.
Then they'll stone you and then they'll come back again.
They'll stone you when you're riding in your car.
They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar.
Yes, but I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Well, they'll stone you when you walk all alone.
They'll stone you when you are walking home.
They'll stone you and then say you are brave.
They'll stone you when you are set down in your grave.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Bluntman - "has all the weed".
Re: Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
To be honest I couldn't care less about drug reform in NZ.
How is it really going to help people other than stopping criminalisation? How is it going to help our people live healthy, confident lives?
I also wonder, are you people even addressing issues of racism and drug criminalisation in NZ or are you all just getting stoned and talking to pakeha hippies?
Give us your analysis please.
Re: Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
Hippies take drugs so they don't have to analyse anything (rationally).
Re: Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
many people are involved in drug law reform because of the inherently classist applications of the law. changing the law would be less of a reason for the police to hassle those they don't like. having had my house raided repeatedly just because it is in a poor neighbourhood or characters hanging around etc, the police choose who they apply their laws to.
Re: Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
During debate in parliament about decriminalising prostitution one MP asked how police would be able to keep tabs on 'undesirables' once the law changed. To which another MP replied, "Through the search powers police are given under the misuse of drugs act".
Re: Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
Aye, end the drug war.
And war it surely is.
Re: Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
WAR ON DRUGS- WAR ON TERROR- US DRIVEN IMPERIALISM AND VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM AND AUTONOMY.
Re: Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
"How is it really going to help people other than stopping criminalisation? How is it going to help our people live healthy, confident lives?"
This questions answers itself. Criminalisation over drugs has a massive negative impact on the mental health of individuals (disproportionately affecting non-pakeha and youth), and consequently their communities and our society as a whole. Legalizing and regulating intoxicants and treating drug abuse as a health issue, rather than a criminal justice issue, will be a huge step forward.
"I also wonder, are you people even addressing issues of racism and drug criminalisation in NZ or are you all just getting stoned and talking to pakeha hippies?"
We have certainly been getting stoned, both as a form of civil disobedience at the 4:20 protests, and for fun! But the majority of the people who came aboard Maryjane during the Te Ika a Maui leg of the tour were young Maori. Most of the others were either older Maori or young pakeha. Only a tiny fraction would fit your sneering stereotype of 'pakeha hippies'.
The industrial hemp reforms and medical marijuana debate have resulted in huge steps forward for reform. The review of the Misuse of Drugs Act by the Law Commission this year provides another opportunity for people to tell their stories about the harm prohibition causes and agitate for change.
Dakta Strypes
Re: Maryjane the CannaBus Returns to Parliament May 15
Strypes,
"But the majority of the people who came aboard Maryjane during the Te Ika a Maui leg of the tour were young Maori. Most of the others were either older Maori or young pakeha. Only a tiny fraction would fit your sneering stereotype of 'pakeha hippies'."
Seeing as the people in the photos traveling on the bus appear to be 'pakeha hippies' and you say those visiting the bus are mostly 'young Maori', what does that say to you?!
Of course our people need decriminalisation (we've had bluddy 168 years of it!) but how does promoting drug use/drug reform really help us to move onwards? Have you looked at the stats of drug abuse amongst young Maori?
Get out of your drug-induced cloud and do something more useful for the health and empowerment of all our people, please. Fighting the battle for our rights to smoke drugs is a waste of time, energy and brain cells... and damaging in the process by making smoking drugs seem cool.
There are more important things in life than dulling our brains with drugs!