The debate is indeed interesting!
I come at it from the pro legalisation and increasing the availability of medical marijuana. Current medicinal cannabis products eg Tilray, are ridiculously expensive.
However there is often a lack of clarity around legalisation, indeed as above, the Green Party supports growing at home for personal use - this is at odds with ‘smoke free Aotearoa by 2025’.........I’m waiting on a response from the Minister!
Unfortunately I think there are more than a few stoners who think they will be getting joints on prescription!

[QUOTE=pjc]Should we throw Act leader David Seymour bill in for debate,Euthanasia 

pjc wrote: "V 8" pm sent For everyone else,No not a user but how would it effect random drug testing being a legal drug??one would like to think it would be same rules as alcohol in the work place.

The difference being "smudge" you have a fewbeers  saturday night nil on sunday and chances are good at passing drug/alcohol test monday morning. Not so with weed as by all accounts it is in your fats/tissue for up to 3 months so a saliva/urine test on monday it would show up. May not be impaired but the test would show positive. 

Thousand year old jellyfish Cirrus? What you been smoking? Lol

Supposedly yes. Research "Charlottes web CBD oil"
Hemp seed is a superfood,full of amino acids and Omega oils,more than fish.
Its a balance of thc and cbd in each strain that provides pain management (not.pain killing) anticonvulsant usage, and so on. It won't kill pain like the carpet pharma feeds to people,but it takes the sharp edge off it so people can operate without as much pain.
I went through chemo 20yrs back,I couldn't hold much food down,to the point I lost 20kg in 4mths....I was on "ensure" protein drinks from the chemist to keep me alive,which some may know if they have helped with palliative care for elderly people,and the only thing that helped me gain an appetite was cannabis tincture,not smoking it,but drinking it. I think some.people here need to realise not everything that's thrown at you by a doctor is good for you. Paracetamol....when taken regularly will eventually shut your renal/hepatic function down,but the doc said it was ok to take right? And it's legal too.
Deny ignorance and do some open minded research,not so open minded that your brain falls out though. If it does,take 2 Panadol and call your doc in the morning.

Why not just set legalisation of cannabis use at over 65 years of age. I've still got few years to go but would like something/ an option that compliments and substitutes my red wine growing addiction. And reckon my brain will be pretty well developed to point I' ll know when I need a bit of pain relief. But then my lungs never felt better since kicked ciggies, then cigars, then vaping in that order.
Feel for the young ones who enjoy a joint or two, and get caught and criminalised, or older people in pain paying over the top and having to deal through criminals. Maybe that should be decriminalised. But my main point is get drunks and drug impaired off the roads: test em all, and prosecute hard on those who fail.

MightyBoosh wrote: fish-feeder wrote: Supposedly yes. Research "Charlottes web CBD oil" Hemp seed is a superfood,full of amino acids and Omega oils,more than fish. Its a balance of thc and cbd in each strain that provides pain management (not.pain killing) anticonvulsant usage, and so on. It won't kill pain like the carpet pharma feeds to people,but it takes the sharp edge off it so people can operate without as much pain. I went through chemo 20yrs back,I couldn't hold much food down,to the point I lost 20kg in 4mths....I was on "ensure" protein drinks from the chemist to keep me alive,which some may know if they have helped with palliative care for elderly people,and the only thing that helped me gain an appetite was cannabis tincture,not smoking it,but drinking it. I think some.people here need to realise not everything that's thrown at you by a doctor is good for you. Paracetamol....when taken regularly will eventually shut your renal/hepatic function down,but the doc said it was ok to take right? And it's legal too. Deny ignorance and do some open minded research,not so open minded that your brain falls out though. If it does,take 2 Panadol and call your doc in the morning. Where to start? I am a practicing medical doctor and have done a fair bit of medical research. I've had a quick look and cannot find anything that would be considered good quality research on the product you mention. My general understanding is that CBD may be of use in the management of seizures and nausea, but nothing convincing on it's use in pain management outside of very specific circumstances. Happy to be corrected on that. As for THC, I've no doubt that it takes the "edge off", so would many other substances. As for the rest. Every drug that has any biological activity has side effects. It is a judgement call as to whether the benefits outweigh the risks, and the choice is yours. Your doctor is there to provide advice, and guidance. It's your call whether you follow that advice and guidance.

Oh I see you are a clinician. I think one of the best resources has been complied by the TGA (Australian equivalent of Medsafe). Here is the pain one.

https://www.tga.gov.au/publication/guidance-use-medicinal-cannabis-treatment-chronic-non-cancer-pain-australia

Sorry to hear that Steps.

whippersnappyr wrote:  I think one of the best resources has been complied by the TGA (Australian equivalent of Medsafe). Here is the pain one. https://www.tga.gov.au/publication/guidance-use-medicinal-cannabis-treatment-chronic-non-cancer-pain-australia