The Law

The Law

What is the Law. Why do most of us abide by The Law?

Laws exist in nature. There is a natural order of things that is the way that things settle, when let to their own devices. Somethings work together in harmony, other things have no such useful sympatica. When the existence of one things jars or places danger upon the path of another, certain rules should apply to even the ground between them. For example the taking of a human life. That is something considered so terrible that most of us would not consider it even vaguely as a remedy. Or perhaps we actually do think ideas based on natural conclusions we reach based on the most forceful arguments presented to us by our circumstances.

It is not that hard to stay within the agreed law. If a law is not respected or if indeed the enforcers are not respected, it can have an impact.

For example, in New Zealand, the police function of traffic safety used to have its own separate and villified highway patrol. A merger with the NZ police improved both. This seems strange, as the merger of a body with less stringent values would seem to weaken the stronger. In fact the improved image of authority dealt a blow to death figures driving, and the police became more human as well.

The introduction of (the perception of) Law enforcement into the activity of road safety changed NZ drivers. No longer were traffic officers a breed we could weigh up against gang members in our minds with a social ease.

The Law is a set of priciples that enable people to safely mind their own business. It is the comfort of subscription to a set of values, like a religious belief, there is security in the idea that others will also maintain the boundaries that are clear as a result of written agreements.

We perhaps have a natural enough antipathy to politics, where matters of law are endlessly discussed. maybe it feels like tampering with a natural truth. The Law corrects the annomoly of leadership. Asking for an other to make decisions for a self goes against the grain. Accepting control and respect for a more basic social order seems the remedy of incarceration.

The Law well applied, is the holding back of remedy unless it is seen as necessary.
N Alexander

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Taupo Police find some Cannabis

A police operation that took six weeks found cannabis plants with a street value of $370,000 growing in homes between Taupo and Wairakei.

Nador said

Nador's View Check what Green MP Nandor Tanczos said about the hemp seizure by NZ Customs.

Going Potty

Going Potty

Prohibition of cannabis does not work. If it is actually doing any harm to children, prohibition keeps it a secret. If there are any harmful effects of long term cannabis use, prohibition has not countered these. Prohibiting alcohol use causes those who will take the risk of drinking to indulge in greater risk drinking. Those arrested for risking lives by drinking while driving are acting in a dangerous and psychotic manner. Risking the death of another is insane.

It is hard to say how many schoolchildren in New Zealand already smoke cannibis. It is clear that regulation of low-THC hemp alternatives will make it harder for kids who naturally seek to fit in with their peers and yet not engage in possible long term health risks attributed to the overuse of cannabis. Low-THC cannabis may be less harmful than tobacco. How many young mothers smoke tobacco?

Low-THC alternatives enable a reduction of THC intake thus diluting possible psychosis while acting like a psychological nicotine patch. If indeed the BMA do not change their mind once again, and declare cannabis safer than alcohol or tobacco.

If there is harm being done to our children, it is being hidden by the way the law promotes a thriving black market that is making those who would put it in the hands of school children empowered. If cannabis use were decriminalised a cannabis culture may exist, but it would not be promoted by the greed of criminals.

If it were to be treated along the same path as alcohol, moderate use could be harmlessly enjoyed by those old enough for it not to matter, and school children would benefit by the tax dollars invested in an education system that is convinced it must favour the wealthy to survive.

EMail Interception

EMail Interception

New laws have been passed in NZ giving Police the right to intercept EMail and Faxes. Previously the Police were limited to intercepting telephone calls, but now evidence from email may be used.

High violence hits schools

Incidents of violence against teachers are "on the rise" due to the availability of the drug P in schools. Police bust meta-amphetamine labs but this report of alleged availability in all Auckland North Shore schools may indicate new markets are sought out by those who make a profit selling psychosis and death. Is demand for a drug that can cause insane behaviour lowered as its users damage their brains and can no longer function adequately? Are pushers really entering schools to find new customers, or is demand driven by kids getting hooked?

In our opinion, the facts have not been discovered yet. Generalized statements do not pinpoint causes, and perhaps that the old adage "Speed Kills" is a reason that fresh meat is required by a black market that will endanger children and corrode the eduction system with pure problems.

Risk taking is part of growing up. Speed is compact, easily concealed and hard to detect. P (Pure speed) is highly addictive.

Hemp Products Seized

Hemp products were seized by NZ Customs upon importation by 'the hemp store aotearoa'.

The Hemp Store are contesting the Customs action in court with regard to the legality of the seizure. The products in question only contain trace amounts of psychoactive product, lower than the allowed level of 0.35%. Customs identified the Hemp products as "containing cannibis". A smoking mixture called "Knaster" and hemp tea tested in Germany as well below the threshold.