The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 25th January 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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‘Dirty underbelly: Shkreli fires off drug industry list of failures’
https://www.rt.com/usa/374966-dirty-underbelly-shkreli-fires-off/
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Who Opposes medicinal cannabis?…why BIG PHARMA and the liquor industry of course! ( and their toadies)
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/oct/22/recreational-marijuana-legalization-big-business
I might add the existing stance on medicinal cannabis by the Nactional Party is sadistic and inhumane! ( lets hope Peter Dunne is ousted next Election)
‘We must legalise access to medical cannabis as a matter of urgency’
Mike Barnes
“My report proves the drug can alleviate suffering for many sick people. The government must have the political courage to accept the scientific rationale…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/legalise-medical-cannabis-urgency
It is about time the Opposition parties ( so called) spoke out on this issue and called it for what it is.
It is already legal in much of the USA and in Australia
https://www.rt.com/news/364779-australia-medical-marijuana-cultivation/
This lawyer is GREAT!
‘Govt stance on medical cannabis “unlawful” ‘
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201830675/govt-stance-on-medical-cannabis-unlawful
“The Ministry of Health says that CBD, a non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis and hemp, is covered by the Misuse of Drugs Act and has instructed Customs to seize any products containing it at the border but Nelson Lawyer, Sue Grey, tells Kathryn Ryan that’s an incorrect interpretation of the act and she’s got the backing of one of the members of the government’s own advisory panel on illegal drugs.”
At long last BIG PHARMA is put under review
‘Trump Sets Off Media Firestorm With Creation of Vaccine Safety Review Panel’
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/01/24/new-vaccine-safety-review-panel.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20170124Z1&et_cid=DM131814&et_rid=1856648038
Mercola runs with the hares and hunts with the hounds.
Anything to woo subscribers to his products.
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