"What it means is, you can be stopped at any time, [to] screen the driver, they say, for the presence of drugs. They're saying this will be a quick tongue swipe, taking just a few minutes, and that in itself is a bit of a hint. Since when does a 'quick tongue swipe' take 'just a few minutes'. So there's a bit more to it than that, presumably."

#ChrisFowlie, 2025

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/18452/17216120/political-commentary-w-lara-greaves-r%C4%81tu-november-25-2025

#DrugDriving #RoadsideTesting

"Chris Bishop, minister in charge of these things now, he's in this RNZ article saying, 'oh no don't be concerned, it's all set to just measure recent use'."

#ChrisFowlie, 2025

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/17208884/marijuana-media-with-chris-fowlie-13-november-2025

Which as explained in this podcast, in detail, is 100% bollox.

I'm not sure which RNZ article Fowlie means. But assuming this is true, either Bishop (tobacco industry lobbyist) doesn't know what he's talking about, or he's blatantly lying to the public.

#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia

Chris Fowlie discusses the use of hemp to replace the plastic component of wool carpet, and weed mats in the Manawatu Gorge;
https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/17204660/marijuana-media-with-chris-fowlie-6-november-2025

I wonder if hemp could be used to make biodegradable hay bail wrap for farms, to replace the huge amount of soft plastic they use every year.

#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #ChrisFowlie #hemp

"A large federally-funded study coming out of [US]America, published in Nature, 'marijuana users have enhanced cognitive abilities' ... [they] analysed brain imaging and cognitive data, from 37929 people. The cannabis consumers consistently outperformed the non-users in the cognitive tests. They had brain network characteristics typically associated with younger brains."

#ChrisFowlie, 2025

https://95bfm.com/bcast/95bfm-drive-w-halfqueen-r%C4%81pare-august-14th-2025

#podcasts#95bFM#MarijuanaMedia#UKBioBank #cannabis #cognition #research

"It goes on. If you're prescribed sleeping pills you'll test positive to benzodiazepines. So as well as the inaccuracy of the test, you also get these false positives to other substances."

#ChrisFowlie, 2024

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16924333/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-thursday-19-2024

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"Speaking of going to the dentist, if you have some lidocaine you'll test positive for cocaine. If you're on a painkiller of some sort, you'll test positive for heroin. If you're on Ritalin you'll test positive for meth."

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16924333/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-thursday-19-2024

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#podcasts#95bFM#MarijuanaMedia#DrugDriving#RoadsideTesting