What is this massive increase of usage you assume would happen? All drugs could be legalised without offering them for sale with minimal checks like alcohol currently is.
I’m not sure there are huge numbers of kiwis just itching to get a meth habit, if only it were legal.
I’ve been reading up on the H5N1 bird flu situation in the USA. I doubt our health system would cope if it starts spreading human to human… particularly as it’s being gutted by Luxon.
***A push to legalise all drugs in New Zealand hasn’t come from stoners and the strung out - it’s backed by 155 academics and experts who say the current regime doesn’t work ***...
My car insurance through Trade Me (Tower) is about to renew and the new cost is 100% higher. Any recommendations for a new insurer or are we powerless to prevent these increases?
Among the list of organisations that have been invited to apply are organisations associated with projects that would destroy a pristine mountaintop and rip up the seafloor....
I talked to a farmer on hill land about this, and he said they have to buy cows that have grown up on hill land otherwise they can’t handle it and invariably end up a bloated carcass in the local stream. That still does happen sometimes, in which case they just leave it there to decompose and pollute the stream because it’s too much work to remove it. Farmers, eh?
Jones is a controversial force in the new Government, with his nakedly pro-mining stance criticised for being anti-environment. His meetings with industry heavyweights, including those in the commercial fishing sector, have led to accusations of conflicts of interest....
I recently rewatched GoT for the first time. It’s taken me this long to make peace with the final few seasons. I enjoyed it more than I expected though. And don’t let it put you off the 3 Body Problem.
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent (arstechnica.com)
'Devastating': Newshub set to close in June, staff told (www.1news.co.nz)
Tesla Driver Reportedly On FSD Dodges Train By Taking Control At The Last Second (www.carscoops.com)
Adrian Newey reveals he’s ‘seriously considering changing teams’ as he opens up on future F1 plans (www.formula1.com)
Govt to convert 35 state schools to charter schools (www.newshub.co.nz)
Alcohol causing 20 times the harm of meth, police float tighter regulation (www.newshub.co.nz)
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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 19/4/2024
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McKinsey reportedly under US criminal investigation over opioid industry work (www.theguardian.com)
Overhauling our drug policies (www.rnz.co.nz)
***A push to legalise all drugs in New Zealand hasn’t come from stoners and the strung out - it’s backed by 155 academics and experts who say the current regime doesn’t work ***...
Car Insurance 100% rise
My car insurance through Trade Me (Tower) is about to renew and the new cost is 100% higher. Any recommendations for a new insurer or are we powerless to prevent these increases?
Government forced to release its ‘top secret’ fast-track list (www.forestandbird.org.nz)
Among the list of organisations that have been invited to apply are organisations associated with projects that would destroy a pristine mountaintop and rip up the seafloor....
'Right in the firing line': New lab-grown milk substitute could threaten NZ's dairy sector (www.newshub.co.nz)
joyous skittering of the least-bird (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/11902186...
Transpower disconnects some North Island power assets due to solar storm (www.rnz.co.nz)
Jones’ undeclared dinner had two more mining industry attendees (newsroom.co.nz)
Jones is a controversial force in the new Government, with his nakedly pro-mining stance criticised for being anti-environment. His meetings with industry heavyweights, including those in the commercial fishing sector, have led to accusations of conflicts of interest....
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 11/4/2024
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Loser (lemmy.world)
The People Deliberately Killing Facebook (www.wheresyoured.at)