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Tatjna

@Tatjna@moo.nz

Sheep farmer, responsible hedonist, founder of KnowYourStuffNZ. Mostly I post pics of cute lambs but occasionally have a political rant. I have a blind sheepdog who still works semi-effectively and I post about her a lot too.

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Tatjna, to random
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Yesterday the Harm Reduction Coalition of Aotearoa presented an open letter to the government, requesting that the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 be repealed and replaced with legislation based in science, evidence, and experience and with harm reduction and human rights as its basis.
https://www.hrca.nz/

The reaction was predictable (a thread).

Tatjna,
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Many people have a knee-jerk sort of reaction to ideas that seem radical - and scrapping prohibition after 50 years is definitely in the radical basket from most people's perspective.

So what I expected, and saw, was a bunch of people going NOPENOPENOPE.

This is understandable. Anyone who's witnessed drug harm doesn't want more of it, and it's easy to assume that removing prohibition would lead to more harm.

Tatjna,
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But - and this is a big but - it's also based in the assumption that prohibition is actually preventing harm.

It's not.

Every single issue we have with drugs in this country has come about under prohibition. Lost a friend to opioids? Prohibition didn't stop it. Seen someone disappear into meth? Prohibition didn't stop them. Friend hospitalised with dodgy drugs? Prohibition caused that one.

Tatjna,
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The other thing that people tend not to know is that repealing the MoDA isn't a new idea, or even one from the radical fringe.

Unless you think the Law Commission is a bunch of radical loonies - it was them that suggested it in 2010.
They were asked to review and advise the government on our approach to addiction, and they said "Repeal the MoDA and replace it with laws administered by the Ministry of Health."

It was largely ignored.

Tatjna,
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Then in 2022, the Governmental Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction (also not hippies) said "Replace criminal sanctions for the possession for personal use of controlled drugs with civil responses."

They also said:

"Support the replacement of criminal sanctions for the possession for personal use of controlled drugs with a full range of treatment and detox services."

We're still waiting....

Tatjna,
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It's almost as if governments say "Advise us on how to deal with drugs" and the experts consistently say "Change the drug laws" and governments go "No not like that."

And people continue to be damaged, marginalised, and killed due to bad law.

Tatjna,
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So while you may think HRCA's suggestion is radical and we're a bunch of extremist loonies, actually we're in pretty esteemed company, and I'd suggest that ignoring the ongoing, consistent advice of experts for decades despite oodles of evidence is an extremely loony approach.

Tatjna,
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And I'll leave you with a question:

The stated aim of prohibition is to reduce drug use and/or drug harm. In 50 years of trying, this has not happened.

So - how long are we going to keep throwing money at failed law in the hopes that it'll suddenly start working?

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We have an utterly fucked up idea of what counts as technology. Something that projects many of our biases including gender, and race.

To many these days it's only technology if it's electronic, and used by western men. But to take such a narrow definition is to ignore the amazing technology that surrounds us, and upon which our society is built. As such. It's time for a thread. I'm gonna talk about two different items you use every day, and the technology that goes into them.

1/n

Tatjna,
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@quixoticgeek As a fibre nerd, thanks for this thread. I'm kinda surprised the jacquard loom and its relationship to early computers didn't get a mention.

Also, assume you've read Women's Work: the first 20,000 Years? If not, well worth a read for anyone interested in learning more about textiles and the history of civilisation.

Tatjna,
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@quixoticgeek Oops sorry, I didn't read the comments before posting :)

Tatjna, to random
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Weaned the lambs this morning. The ewes are in our holding paddock on short rations to help their udders dry up.

This is the delegation they sent over to complain to the management about the meal service. They are totally sucking their cheeks in and trying to look skinny.

Tatjna, to random
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In the context of the recent announcements and resulting uproar around Aotearoa's tobacco policies, I wonder how people would respond to the government announcing it intends to ban anyone born after, say, 2007 from buying alcohol.

Here's an interesting graph, from this study: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02698811231182012?fbclid=IwAR37b7MOdE0MgMZ5shjD16djE469bdSlrL8oZiJPNUhgOMYFVQFtXkTRAC8

Tatjna, to random
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Finding it hard to tell whether this ewe has transverse stripes or just a weirdly stripey wool growth pattern.

Transverse stripes is one of the rarest colour patterns in sheep so it'd be neat if it was them!

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