November 2020

People 25 November 2020 Family First Comment: You don’t have to take it from us. Take it from Ben Affleck’s real […]

National Post 24 November 2020 Family First Comment: Apparently, there is no slippery slope – or so we are told. Better

Stuff co.nz 22 November 2020 Family First Comment: The unfortunate (but predicted) consequence of undermining parental authority through dumb laws. Plus

The Conversation 21 November 2020 Family First Comment: “While alcohol use is falling among 18-to-22-year-olds, marijuana use is inching upward. The

NZ Herald 21 November 2020 Family First Comment: A victory for the unborn child 😊 “A federal appeals court ruled Friday

Latest data from the Ministry of Health shows that past 12 month use of cannabis has remained at just 14.9%.

Fox 29 18 November 2020 Family First Comment: \”In 2019, there were nearly 700,000 youths, ages 12 to 17, that was

Teen sex ed is a \’failure\’: Why are teens ditching condoms? Stuff co.nz 25 October 2020 As-yet-unpublished data from the

Radio NZ News 18 November 2020 Family First Comment: Looks like the current law is working well. 40% reduction in cannabis

Family First Comment: The most common way adolescents get marijuana is from friends (bought or shared). Not the black market. But

NewstalkZB 18 November 2020 New Zealand has just recorded its lowest-ever fertility rate. The latest quarterly data from Stats NZ

John D. Foubert, Ph.D. https://www.johnfoubert.com/is-porn-bad How Many People Use Pornography? 94% of men and 87% of women have seen pornography

The Guardian 15 November 2020 Family First Comment: “In herbal cannabis, THC concentrations increased by 14% between 1970 and 2017. This

TVNZ One News 16 November 2020 Family First Comment: Another sad example of why pill testing is flawed. Pill testing does

NewsHub 16 November 2020 Family First Comment: “Between the end of March and the start of August, just over 4900 women

NewsHub 9 November 2020 Family First Comment: Significant concerns from the Muslim community “A Facebook post by FIANZ in the lead-up

TVNZ One News 10 November 2020 Family First Comment: A perfect (and very sad) example of the failures of pill testing.

An article at The Spinoff whines that \”Soon after the proposed cannabis bill failed to gain majority support at referendum

NewsTalk ZB 9 November 2020 I was kind of hoping when we got the final cannabis and euthanasia result on

NewsHub 7 November 2020 Data shows support for legalising cannabis was highest in Wellington, with 72 percent of voters casting

NewsHub 6 November 2020 New Zealand has voted not to legalise recreational cannabis, final referendum results show – despite special

Cannabiz.com 4 November 2020 There’s a brilliant book about politics in the age of Donald Trump and Twitter called Yes

Radio NZ News 5 November 2020 Family First Comment: Revealing the ultimate agenda… “The Drug Policy Alliance, a New York-based advocacy

Marijuana Business Daily 30 October 2020 Family First Comment: New Zealand setting a worldwide trend 🙂 The German federal parliament rejected a bill to

Rotorua Daily Post 31 October 2020 New Government data shows the number of people getting prescribed medicinal cannabis jumped by

NewsTalk ZB 2 November 2020 Family First Comment: Well said, Mike…. “The Drug Foundation, an apolitical organisation, should be ashamed of

NewsTalk ZB 2 November 2020 Family First Comment: Once again, Kate completely nails it… “I found the pro-campaign heavily one sided.

Radio NZ News 2 November 2020 Family First Comment: Good call. Also focusing on why Maori disproportionately use drugs would also

NZ Herald 30 October 2020 ACT leader David Seymour thanked MPs for supporting the End of Life Choice Bill through

Cannabis referendum: Auckland Councillor Efeso Collins of Say Nope to Dope camp backs decriminalisation NZ Herald 30 October 2020 One

Chlöe Swarbrick optimistic in light of unsuccessful cannabis referendum TVNZ One News 30 October 2020 Preliminary results for the recreational cannabis

Stuff co.nz 1 November 2020 Family First Comment: The Yes campaign harped on that 80 per cent had tried cannabis

NZ Herald 1 November 2020 Family First Comment: “While the \”no\” vote swung into action in an impressive way, the \”yes\”

NewsHub 31 October 2020 Family First Comment: “ It was never about eliminating cannabis though. No one who voted no thought it

Where are the safeguards for Māori and the disabled in end of life law? Stuff co.nz 1 November 2020 Family