The existing laws have comprehensively failed in their stated purpose (and that’s hurting us).
One of the best ways we can bring about a...
I am 62 years old and have seen the harm...
We’ve been sweeping alcohol's dirty secret under the rug for...
As a chronic pain patient, very few things have ever...
Prescription painkillers nearly took my life. I never took...
I have been a pharmacist for over 40 years including...
When I was in my first year of uni, some...
If my children choose to experiment with cannabis when they...
I have been a registered social worker for over 15...
I am a victim of unsafe work practices here in...
Kia ora, I am a mental health support worker and...
I have fibromyalgia and multiple other health issues that weed...
When drugs become legalised the means of getting them do...
The prohibition of Marijuana (Cannabis) was done in 1937 by...
The Marijuana debate is very clear, let’s live up to...
I have worked along side alcoholics in Twelve Step programmes...
I have witnessed for over 40 years the harm caused...
I was diagnosed 15 years ago with medium to severe...
We need to stop making money out of our citizens....
I have recently been diagnosed with C-PTSD with dissociative disorders. My...
Being a teenager of the 70s, all the folk I...
When I was in the 4th year of my acupuncture...
I’ve been working with drug issues for four decades. I’ve...
I am in my early 50s. A mother, a grandmother,...
I am a nurse and have seen so many people...
We should change our drug laws because it will enable...
We should change our drug laws because a war on...
I have depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, paranoia and...
There’s no logic or science behind our drug laws, they...
My story is of a hard life bullied at school...
Cannabis is being re–adopted by many countries around the world....
At the age of 6-years old I was involved in...
Because prisons don’t work. 60% of the prison population will...
When a law that was supposed to reduce drug use...
My wife suffers from epilepsy and marijuana keeps her seizures...
I recently lost my mother due to a blood disorder,...
People who use drugs can and do recover! With support...
Our current drug laws are creating little impact, if we...
Treatment-resistant C-PTSD has made my life very difficult to live...
I’m a psychologist that works in the drug and alcohol...
I am a normal bloke in my fifties. It was...
I have progressive Multiple Sclerosis and one of my worst...
Do you think that the local gang run tinny house...
Because it's time, it's time for change. I have worked...
I have watched one of my best friends go from...
The reason I want to see the law change is...
I live in a community in West Auckland where young...
I believe in drug law reform because the harm caused...
We spend $95k+ to keep a prisoner in jail for...
I trained as a nurse and worked with many vulnerable...
I’d like politicians to support drug law reform and legalise/decriminalise...
I want to see a change in how we treat...
Somebody close to me died of a heroin overdose. As...
Drug law reform is an essential component of a modern...
I have worked in addictions for 10 years and I...
Seven years ago I was busted for growing the cannabis...
We should look to what works in the world and...
The war on drugs is government sanctioned bigotry against a...
I was convicted for the cultivation of three female plants...
The war on drugs is the war on the poor....
I live in a small rural community on the...
In 1968 I was 18 when convicted of cultivation...
I have seen the damaging effects of pushing drug users...
We scattered Chris's ashes last week, after a small...
It’s simple really – punishing people for drug use...
When I was young I experimented with drugs, as...
I would like to see the Government treat drug use...
I spent 10 years as a prison consultant. There is...
34 years on from a drug-related conviction, I still have...
The report of the 2018 Government Inquiry into Mental...
He take hauora tēnei ngāngara, arā te kiriwara, ehara he...
It’s hard to get your head around the role...
I believe we should legalize marijuana because of two reasons....
We treat people who use drugs as criminals purely for...
My reason for wanting to change our drug laws is...
I have worked as an alcohol and other drug counsellor...