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Mike Sabin has come a long way since his MethCon days (and a con it certainly was);
But he's still stuck in a 20th century paradigm where there is a single 'just say no' approach to "drugs", as a general category. One that nobody would accept if it included 3 of the most dangerous recreational drugs; alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceutical opioids.
#podcasts #NZHerald #TheElephant #drugs #DrugLawReform #MikeSabin #MethCon
The 16 Oct edition of The Elephant covered the controversy over allowing under-14s in contact sports;
When you get to the Mum justifying the regular knocks to the head her son's sport involves, I want you to imagine that she's talking about letting the same under-14 year old son drink alcohol. Would those same rationalisations and whattaboutisms fly in that case?
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#podcasts #NZHerald #TheElephant #ContactSports #prohibition
"After getting down to 24 months' jail, he noted Temple's risk of reoffending was low, and the wishes of the victim's family, who didn't want to see him jailed.
Labelling the circumstances of the case as "highly unusual", he converted the sentence to 12 months' home detention."
#BelindaFeek, #OpenJustice reporter,
#NZHerald, 2025
Sometimes, just sometimes, we get justice *and* compassion.
Next time you run across someone from the 'everyone has ADHD these days' chorus, consider giving them a link to this episode of The Elephant podcast about ADHD. Worth a listen;
"... politicians [are] going to put more pressure on supermarkets, we've heard that for years. Fundamentally the problem is that we've only got two big players in the country."
#LiamDann, Business Editor-at-large, #NZHerald, 2025
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=29744fe6-be1b-4bde-94ce-89aee9f80581
Wrong. The fundamental problem is lack of pro-competition regulation and enforcement.
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