The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 15th May 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Moderation rules are more lenient for this section, but try and play nicely.
Similar Posts
Drug testing Beneficiaries is culture war spite masquerading as social policy
Oh for the love of Christ… Election 2026: Christopher Luxon open to drug-testing MPs as National proposes random drug testing…
Cutting foreign aid to fund health is such a Trump move by National
This is such a dick move… National says it will cut foreign aid to boost Pharmac medicines budget National says…
Why NZ First Party List reads like a prequel to the Handmaid’s Tale as Winston calls abortion ‘murder or assassination’
Wow. You can tell the power factions inside a Party by the List and the surge up that list by…
Surprise, surprise, the vast majority of Kiwis disagree with ACT and National’s neoliberal privatisation agenda
Surprise, surprise, the vast majority of Kiwis disagree with ACT and National’s neoliberal privatisation agenda… Two-thirds of New Zealanders Support…
NZ Economy is so bad Economists now quietly admit green shoots of recovery won’t be until next year (yeah right)
WOW. You know shit just got real when the chorus of Capitalism Cheerleaders known as NZs Economic Chattering Class quietly…
Bit rich claiming Greens are ungovernable vs ACT and NZF
Oh come on… …it’s a bit rich claiming Greens are ungovernable vs ACT and NZF! – Advertisement – Luxon skill…
@ red buzzard – The benefits have been proven – NZ needs to get with the picture!
From ‘New Scientist’
‘Medical marijuana may be a salve for the US opioid epidemic’
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23431233-500-marijuana-easing-clinical-pain/
“GROWING evidence that medical marijuana really does help relieve some conditions is leading to hopes that it may assist in curbing the US opioid addiction epidemic.
In the US, 28 states have legalised medical marijuana in some form. Conditions sometimes treated with cannabis include pain, depression, nausea, psychosis and seizures.
Now, an analysis of data from 2007 to 2014 has shown that states with legalised medical marijuana spent less than others on prescriptions for those five conditions through Medicaid, a scheme for people on low incomes.
The study couldn’t prove that medical marijuana caused this difference. But no difference was found in prescriptions for conditions unlikely to be treated with cannabis.
This might also be good news for efforts to cut the US opioid epidemic, which is seeing record numbers of deaths from prescription painkillers and illegal opioids. Some studies have found that the availability of medical marijuana is linked to fewer opioid overdose deaths…
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/opioid-crisis-and-insys-therapeutics-fentanyl-spray-2017-4