Archive for August, 2010
Sharples Speech on Misuse of Drugs Bill
August 27th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
Thursday, 26 August 2010, 3:17 pm
Speech: The Maori Party
MISUSE OF DRUGS AMENDMENT BILL
First Reading
Wednesday 25 August 2010; 7.45pm
Hon Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader Maori Party
This is an amendment that the government is making to the misuse of drugs act, which will make the supplying, importing or possessing a pipe, or any identifiable component, illegal. This will only cause more harm to the community, as we all end up with aluminium poisoning from our homemade cone pieces. Help us fight this bill by adding a submission here.
Tēnā koe, Mr Assistant Speaker. I will take a short call on this bill.
The bill amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 and the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2005 by inserting a complex drug vocabulary into the statute.
The basic incentive of the bill is to reclassify ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as class B controlled drugs, remove thalidomide as a class A controlled drug, allow hazardous substances to be scheduled as restricted substances, extend the definition of amphetamine analogues, and extend the controls over drug paraphernalia. Read the rest of this entry »
A few images from the Northland Voyage
August 24th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
There are a few images up on Dakta Green’s facebook from the Northland tour over the weekend. Pop on over and take a look if you are interested.
Today we are off to Hamilton for a few days of toking and promoting, will see all you Hamiltron Stoners soon!
New Dates for Whangarei and Dargaville!
August 15th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
We can now confirm that our Northland tour will be happening next weekend.
Whangarei – Friday 20th August
Dargaville – Saturday 21st August
We will be setting up the Mobile Daktory each night, so come down and visit us. The address will be posted later in the week, so stay tuned to our itinerary and facebook.
Mary Jane is still coughing after having an excessively large bong hit, Northland Tour postponed
August 13th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
Well, not literally.
The bus suffered some more mechanical issues this morning, as the Armistice Tour convoy set off for it’s Northland tour. As a result, we are sorry to inform you that we will be postponing our Northland tour. We are truly sorry to those of you who were hoping to checkout our Mobile Daktory, but we will be making it up to you at a later date.
We will be visiting the Auckland electorates regardless of Mary Jane’s status, as we will be showing up with our support vehicles, Stashin Wagon and the Bongo Van, if she is not working on the day.
Armistice Tour 2010 (stage 3) Cape Reinga
August 12th, 2010
Dakta Green
Despite mechanical breakdowns we commenced our tour on time at 11am August 11th 2010 at Cape Reinga. There is no mobile internet or phone access at Cape Reinga so we were unable to broadcast live via the internet but we did record the 11am statement. Here is the raw footage.
Delayed Start – Bus Problems
August 11th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
We have had a delayed start due to Mary Jane’s engine having faults, but we will be live from Cape Reinga at 11am on stickam.
Armistice Tour – Press Release
August 9th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
Stage three of the cannabis Armistice Tour kicks off on Wednesday, August 11 and will cover the entire country before a hikoi to Parliament on Armistice Day, November 11.
Dakta Green, founder of Auckland’s cannabis club The Daktory, will be driving Maryjane the Cannabus, along with an entourage of support vehicles in a three month tour commencing at 11 am with a ceremony beneath the lighthouse at Cape Reinga on Wednesday.
“We will visit every electorate Member of Parliament office in the country and talk with MP’s about the harms that criminalisation causes for ordinary New Zealanders,” said Dakta Green. Read the rest of this entry »
The Daktory Prepares for the next Armistice Tour
August 8th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
As of tomorrow, this site will under go some big changes, with updating daily footage and information about our upcoming Armistice Tour. As of Tuesday this coming week, we will be uploading footage from our visitis to MP’s electoral offices around the country. Along with this, we will be broadcasting from our Mobile Daktory each night, so you can be a part of the tour from around the world! Find out when the tour will be in your town here.
The tour will see Mary Jane the Cannabus, along with it’s newly pained support vehicles. painted support vehicles, head from Cape Reinga, to the Bluff, and back up to Auckland, stopping by all of the countries electoral offices to spread the truth about cannabis, and to show support for users around the world.
If you are looking to be a part of the tour, then you can ether help us make some noise at 2pm outside your local MPs office when we visit your town, or stop by at our mobile Daktory, which will be setup each night. If you are looking for more info then check out the Armistice Tour 2010 information page, or email us at armistice.tour@thedaktory.org.nz.
The Daktory, live like it’s legal!
Opposition To DEA Pot Raids Spreads Across Political Spectrum
August 3rd, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
by By Steve Elliott on tokeofthetown.com
Two ideologically diverse advocates on Wednesday echoed an earlier call by a coalition of drug-policy reform groups by condemning a series of recent raids by the Drug Enforcement Administration on medical marijuana collectives operating legally under state law.
The Tenth Amendment Center, a group that advocates for states’ rights, and Jane Hamsher, the publisher of Firedoglake.com, called on the DEA to respect duly adopted state medical marijuana laws and immediately end those raids.
“The federal government is only authorized to exercise those powers that ‘We The People’ delegated to it in the Constitution,” said Michael Boldin, founder of the Tenth Amendment Center. “It is especially egregious when these laws are used to justify raids in states where the use and distribution of cannabis is expressly allowed by law.”
“How many hundreds of thousands of people are going to be arrested before We The People say ‘enough is enough’?” Boldin asked. “The time to end this unconstitutional, immoral, and costly federal war on people is now.”
Under the “leadership” of acting administrator Michele Leonhart, the DEA has staged medical marijuana raids in apparent disregard of Attorney General Eric Holder’s directive to respect state medical marijuana laws. Read the rest of this entry »