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  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Jul 8, 2023
  • 1 min read

Looked great, and now Paddy's finally in the Dakumentary. Though I said I'd fix the titles this week, it hasn't panned out like that. My low mood = low productivity. I totally feel like Chloe hung me out to dry slightly by saying 'decriminalisation' -- she agrees with me in theory, but she's obviously aiming for the soft target of a Portugal-style model.


That's what the Nats are keen on.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Jul 08, 2023

So long as everyone agrees safe consumption centres are a good idea, it's not that important to legalise for drug users, but I think legalising is the best way to replace the illicit market, plus a legal market populated by existing growers would probably heal the intergenerational trauma of the War on Drugs. As for surprising everyone by attending Parliament solo - my RAT test was negative, and I'd been telling myself for ages that I should do that. It was easier to take notes without taking down Gary's wisecracks too.

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