Drug Law Reform Links

Cannabis and Your Health: Ministry of Health Pamphlet (November 2002) (PDF, 262 kB) - Useful pamphlet covering what is cannabis, the effects of cannabis, and where to go for help.

New Scientist marijuana report - evidence on the effects of cannabis, updated with the latest research.

Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation - this recently launched (merged) US organisation seeks to broaden the debate on drugs and drug policy. Includes an extensive collection of full-text drug and drug policy-related materials, searchable by topic.

Drug Policy Forum Trust: Cannabis Policy Options - To help promote discussion about the various alternative options for cannabis control in NZ.

Green Cross - the NZ Medical Marijuana Users Group have an impressive site to assist ill New Zealanders gain knowledge regarding the medicinal use of cannabis. With information, personal stories, and research on a wide range of conditions, and guidelines on how to apply to the Government for a medical cannabis permit.

NORML NZ - National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Activist tips and the latest NZ drugs and drug law reform news with their excellent free quarterly magazine, (now with a print run of 30,000) called NORML News.

MAP NZ News - A good Web source of NZ drugs and drug law reform news, You can display the NZ news on the MAP site as headlines only or with brief descriptions and search it in a variety of ways. Through NORML NZ you can get involved in the global MAP project which seeks to gather all the published drugs and drug law reform news through a network of Newshawks and then distribute them to encourage newspaper letters page writing.

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