Cannabis Briefing – with former NY Times reporter Alex Berenson
If you are a youthworker, church leader, educator, counsellor, or community leader, we want to invite you – and your
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January 2020
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Why I Resigned from Tavistock: Trans-Identified Children Need Therapy, Not Just ‘Affirmation’ and Drugs
Quillette 17 January 2020 Family First Comment: This is a must-read article – from someone with the credentials and experience to
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Family First backs Taupō mother \’horrified\’ by naked swimmers
NZ Herald 24 January 2020 Family First Comment: “freedom of expression must never be at the expense of the right to
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States need to wake up to public health risks from cannabis
Stat News 21 January 2020 Family First Comment: Who you gonna believe? Politicians like Andrew Little and Chloe Swarbrick, and the
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Youth Marijuana Prevention – Future Self – Health
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is working to educate Michigan teens about the harmful effects and consequences
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More than half of marijuana medical claims on Twitter were tweeted by bots
APHA Press 19 December 2019 Family First Comment:This is a significant study – and shows how the debate is being
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OSU study: Smoking by students up where marijuana is legal, but binge drinking down
Seattle PI 13 January 2020 Family First Comment: The OSU study, published in the journal Addiction, found that occasional lighting up
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Heavy marijuana users who started young drive differently — even while not stoned, study says
Boston Globe 14 January 2020 Family First Comment: “People who started using marijuana heavily before they were 16 exhibit poorer driving
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Belgium euthanasia: Three doctors accused in unprecedented trial
BBC News 14 January 2020 Family First Comment: Strict? Yeah right. “Euthanasia and assisted suicide were made legal under strict conditions
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Smacking Law Has Caused Decline In Discipline – Poll
Media Release 15 January 2020 A nationwide poll has found that half of New Zealanders believe that the 2007 anti-smacking
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Changes planned for religious instruction in state schools
NZ Herald 13 January 2020 Family First Comment: “Education Minister Chris Hipkins believes in secular education and does not believe schools
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High Marijuana Taxes: Be Careful What You Wish For, You Just Might Get It
Forbes 12 January 2020 Family First Comment: One of the most popular arguments that the cannabis advocacy community (including the Drug
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Disturbing Trend Of More Babies in Daycare For Longer
Media Release 10 January 2020 Family First says that government statistics reveal that there continues to be a significant increase
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Beware the influence of vested interests\’ input into the cannabis debate
Stuff co.nz 9 January 2020 Family First Comment: Superb article warning of financial conflicts of interest by those arguing for legalisation
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Canadian doctors warn marijuana edibles pose greater risk of overdose
CNBC 7 January 2020 Family First Comment: “Baked goods, candies or other cannabis-infused edibles may not be as safe as
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Evidence Shows Legalising Cannabis Is Social Injustice
Media Release 8 January 2020 As pro-cannabis lobbyists and politicians in New Zealand argue that marijuana legalisation will increase social
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Vaping THC: Reporters can\’t ignore cannabis, mental illness links
The true cost of cannabis: Why don\’t its illnesses, deaths command media headlines? USA Today 3 January 2020 Family First
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Marijuana and Psychosis
Break Point 31 December 2019 Family First Comment: Critics will respond, “That’s correlation, not causation.” The only way to prove causation
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Celebrants Still Being Rejected Despite Political Assurances
Media Release 3 January 2020 Family First NZ says that people applying to be marriage celebrants continue to have their