Armistice Tour raises over 1250 cannabis law reform submissions in first week

Dakta Green’s cannabis law reform tour of the North Island is making people stop, think and act.

“We’ve collected more than 1250 submissions so far,” said Dakta Green mid Friday afternoon.

“The number is increasing daily. We’ve collected 50 already today, and we aim to have 2000 by next Friday when we deliver them to the Law Commission offices in Wellington.

Maryjane the Cannabus is due in Hawera tonight and her Daktavist crew will campaign for cannabis law reform in Hawera tomorrow.

Halfway through his two-week tour of provincial North Island centres, Dakta Green reports an overwhelmingly positive reception from Heartland Kiwis to his campaign.

“We couldn’t fight them off with a stick,” he exclaimed jokingly about Thursday’s reception at New Plymouth.

“I think the support for cannabis law reform is overwhelming.”

“The only people that are objecting to it (the Armistice Tour) will not stop and have a discussion.

“They have pre conceived ideas that all drugs are bad.”

Dakta Green reports some interesting observations after a week on the road, visiting rural communities to inform them that everyone has a right to have their say in New Zealand’s revamp of the drug laws.

“We have lots of non smoking supporters. Not many people knew that New Zealand’s 1970s-era drug laws were in for a much-needed overhaul. And that ordinary Kiwis did, in fact, have the right to speak up on cannabis laws.”

While members of New Zealand’s cannabis community are buoyed by news of submission numbers, many feel the Armistice Tour is also an important face-to-face contact to engage in democratic debate over fair and rational cannabis policy with fellow citizens.

Dakta Green says cannabis law reform is the defining Freedom issue of our age, where the common person growing their own medicine confronts organised and influential big business interests.

“Prohibition didn’t work for Alcohol and it clearly doesn’t work for Cannabis. Our current drug policies are a direct attack on ordinary Kiwi families.

Dakta Green will personally deliver submissions to the Law Commission offices in Wellington on April 30, before celebrating J Day with the Daktory Ethos of “Live like its Legal” in the Capital’s iconic waterfront Frank Kitts Park on May 1.

* If anyone can help support the Armistice with beds for the night, or donations for gas, please contact Dakta Green directly on the Cannabus hotline – text only – 021 213 6646

Anyone who wishes to support the Armistice Tour can deposit donations to the following account.

Name: Armistice Tour Fund 2010

Account Number: 38 9010 0242901 00

ARMISTICE TOUR ITINERARY

Friday 23 April Stratford – Hawera

Saturday 24 April Hawera

Sunday 25 April Patea – Whanganui

Monday 26 April Whanganui – Palmerston North

Tuesday 27 April Palmerston North – Levin

Wednesday 28 April Levin – Otaki – Lower Hutt

Thursday 29 April Lower Hutt

Friday 30 April Wellington

Saturday 1 May J Day, Frank Kitts Park, Wellington