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420 = smoke cannabis

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Mar 12
  • 1 min read

It's a dig at the idea that my films promote drug use. Medical cannabis is legal in New Zealand: it was meant for users. I'm fine with being a global symbol for legalising cannabis and psychedelics. - Working For Each Other is different to my other films. It's aware of the global audience, which wasn't true of the Palestine rally from December. - Since Suresh moved to Auckland, there have been several promising drug trials, so we're likely to legalise psychedelics through a medical-therapeutic regime. Like DMT: The Spirit Molecule, but for today. Personally, I think the experiments in that book are slightly suspect, as he wasn't able to fully control for set, setting and drug. - I've never taken uppers, but Paul reckons that benzedrine works for him. As a treatment for bipolar depression, it's reportedly better than MDMA.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Mar 12

Dennis McKenna told Gary that he'd come to New Zealand to give a talk about a decade ago. AMPP is keen to look at drug law reform as one of our main issues. As always, I prefer to do my own thing that's separate from the sanctioned version.

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Mar 12
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Now that the HRCA is in full swing, I can focus on psychedelic legalisation. In The Plaything, Alison is dosed with LSD, but that's a cautionary tale. It could have been anything: it doesn't take much to lower inhibitions. Overall, I'd love to buy DMT and LSD from a state supplier. Mushrooms too.

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