(No. 8)Craccum-1989-063-008.Pdf

CA PP/NG PHOTOGRAPHS * 2 professional portraits 1 6" x8" portrait . 2 6'' x4*K portrait •-V • V : ' for only $ 3 5 i * Free sitting * . tow- Cost * No appointment necessary normal shopping hours including Thursday night and Saturday 9am-2pm L a n a w o o d s sEESESSSPHOTOCENTRE 179 K' Road 3' • --3:Ph: 771 lililllll^ llllis < _____________________i__________ ______ ________________________~ J there is no: fury like a vested THE TOTAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION SUNDAY interest masquerading as a moral r'VSllTFbftineiY / *7 OoD principle - c > 7<s> . IWTt^TtoNS'#01 r * * Y * 1 1 9 8 8 ews 9 0 CENTS »——«m ® 4 ° ,pôi(ric*L MAFIA-STYLE DRUG K SOAR! MASSIVE BLUNDER IN SOCIAL POLICY DRUG INDUCED para noia is sanding tha Jill ztt- country's murdar rata Nicholas VY^ reports . • V 1' war's ?.l homicides Consider also the social harm caus DISTORTED MISLEADING ed by alcohol! Alcohol abuse causes ARGUMENTS STILL USED the greatest trouble, hurt and disrup tion of the family, more than any Mr Graeme Lee —National Party That violent crime is associated other single factor. The community Drug Spokesman, estimated in 1986 with any well-developed blackmarket suffers constantly from the stupid the cannabis industry to be worth at and violent results of drink. Yet none least $300 million a year. of whatever commodity, and that it of these follows cannabis use., was the ill-concieved prohibition laws BULK PROFITS FOR CRIMINALS CQ that created the blackmarket in the From alehouse first place, doesn’t prevent our pre to Jailhouse ... sent head of New Zealand’s Drug In Blast drng-reja^ telligence Bureau, Detective policem an behe , Superintendent Colin Wilson ( S u n L ...__ ?stfS£-=sss POLICE »J “ « « day Star 24/12/88) from trying to • » w'~~ oi lb*srsassss^'i iocai L. r rri««* J*» fe-jra?oo » T000* . j i - f s s : committad by btort The or <* Ke.lhtr**' . g T «tale he «■* *“* «-SBo-».!-*1- the« blame cannabis for violent crimes. ^ SrKg S i £^*0* ■ MMWrt0“o^t5 ^ No oo. • » “ J"*- * F.A.D.E. THE FAKE sk* 2 ? S £ ‘TSS- ■s u .s ^s2"-- ‘A sign •* .«-.—CSS SS3T—1 Indeed there seems to be no limit to the distorted and mis-leading iTapsell flies t< arguements that can be used to justify this futile farce in ‘drug-abuse con a Cannabis doesn’t figure on the trol’. The N.S.A.D. and F.A.D.E. in death lists, but our medical 'T J -fC ! fcblast scene sist that cannabis is more harmful WELLINGTON (PA).— Police were on ** “**“ • ®n<* we’** ***** *** her* authorities consider tobacco and dealing with a new and ominous trend in tomorrow. than tabacco or alcohol for the user, criminal activity following the cowardly The blast came just four days after the alcohol responsible for the vast bulk contains even in the face of the disruptive, of deaths due to drugs, tobacco tak even deadly qualities of these legal ing 84.7% of deaths and alcohol tak drugs. ing 15%, totalling 99.7% of There can be no excuse for the substance-abuse deaths caused by scandal and distorted perspectives on these legal (and taxable) socially ex the relative dangers on cannabis use cepted drugs. to those of tobacco and alcohol, as The Shape Of Things To promoted by F.A.D.E. and the Come? —The Forgotten N.S.A.D. They make a BIG ISSUE Medicine.. over the lipid or fat sduable qualities ONE OPTIONAL WAV TO USE of cannabis and hence its slow excre CANNABIS THAN THE tion from the body. This would be of UNHEALTHY SMOKING. serious concern if cannabis was as toxic as tobacco or alcohol, but it is the least toxic form of chemical The suggestion that cannabis must recreation known to man. It is these be proved utterly harmless before any other drugs, which are causing the Joint effort changes to the law can be considered \%/°‘A/** deaths, n o t c a n n a b is [ n e ed ed to is absolutely false. The repeal of the PvVc b e a t c rim e alcohol prohibition did not imply the Tobacco, which is considered the HATE CAMPAIGN... firebomb victim most deadly is also highly addictive, judgment that alcohol was harmless! Rangi Nicholls (right) with Police unlike cannabis/ satW Rather it meant that the social cost Commissioner John Jamieson of trying to enforce that unenforcable drug control measure far outweigh There are aspects of cannabis use productive in the class-room making ed it’s theoretical benefits to public certain types of learning more dif that are counter-productive, mostly w health. as a consequence of the very nature ficult, e.g. learning by rote. of the cannabis,experience. The scat Psychological dependence on any l y „ CRACCUM NEXT WEEK tering of attention, the lateral, spon source of pleasure is a common social Your Civil Rights taneous thinking which may be of lit trait and occurs in many areas of tle help to accountants, but great for human activity and certainly in « ° * c U i . “ artists! It can also be counter- tobacco-, alcohol- and * * * c n ^ s G f r cannabis-misuse. TEACHERS’ TRAINING COLLEGE % #7" JOIN: BOTH DAYS 29-30 APRIL, 89 'Q? IT IS UP TO YOUTH TO MAKE THE POLITICIANS AWARE.. Cannabis Law Reform is an urgent political issue N O RM A L N Z for today’s young voter! n a t io n a l organisation fo r t h e refo rm o f m a r iju a n a LAWS INC. CRACCUM is a source of free expression within the Auckland University Students’ Association for anyone who can be bothered contributing. THERE WILL BE A STAFF CRACCUM is published by the A.U.S.A. from MEETING FOR ANYONE IN a constitutional requirement and not through any intent to be seen as an ‘official’ publication of the TERESTED IN THE CONSTRUCTIVE Association or its Executive. The A.U.S.A. and its SIDE OF CRACCUM. Executive take no responsibility for the content of FROM NOW ON THESE SHALL BE CRACCUM nor for any actions connected with the ON TUESDAYS AT 1PM IN THE publication of CRACCUM. CRACCUM is printed by the Te Awamutu CRACCUM OFFICE-OR COME AND Courier, 336 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu, who SEE ME ANY TIME. graciously bend over backwards to squeeze us in THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO after yet another failed deadline. ALL INTERESTED STUDENTS. Editor: Aidan-B. Howard Tetch: Cornelius Stone Ad’ Manager: Anita Andrell Thankyous to —Jason Schulz, Michael (the great New Zealand) Lamb(urger), Russell Meiklejohn, Richard Eltringham, Hans Fidder (spiritual for tification), Paul Scoones, Tracey Aitken, Miriam de Graaf, Julian D., Mark Broatch and the people who voted in my favour (and those who voted against me but t o l d m e. why). about “censorship” or “one Contract sidedness”. We are all aware of Lodged in my contract with Hitler’s famous truism, that “a lie A.U.S.A. is a guarantee that two repeated often enough will be believ pages be set aside for women’s issues ed as the truth.” The paraphrase ac THE MEANING OF I tCJ under the exclusive control of the tually predates Hitler by about 3,000 Women’s Rights Officer or a years, but he certainly made its ef woman/women acting for them. In fects most noticeable! I prefer The History short, I have no say over what goes another, yet similar, line from ’Dolf: in there. This is because 1 felt that Sixty-three years ago, even to approach ‘averageness’, we “If you wish the sympathy of the there are some groups of society who C.R.A.C.C.U.M. was born. Initial have to ask “average in which aspect broad masses, you must tell them the have been disadvantaged in their ac ly it was the ‘The Auckland Univer of life?” —’’average for which Facul crudest and most stupid things.” This sity College Men’s Common Room ty?” (is an ‘average’ B.Com. artist the is particularly easy when the person, cess to the media and that this is a (perhaps only temporary) C ircular’, which initially was same as an ‘average’ B.Sc’ist or people or groups about whom you rectification. A.U.C.M.C.R.C. That looked B.F. A?) — ’’average in action or mere are fabricating are already on the dreadful, so the eventual newspaper ly in thought/outlook?” ‘unliked’ side of the personal or social Three groups were isolated: was called ‘CRACCUM’, an anagram Closely related to this ‘average stu spectrum. women, the tangata whenua and of an acronym. Contrary to the ill- dent’ is the equally mythical ‘silent overseas students. The latter two informed statement last week by Des majority’ —if they are so silent, I Policy have had virtually no contribution, Amanono, its purpose was, and wonder, how do we know that they but the women’s pages have been As Editor, I can say, have said and always has been, to be a medium of are a majority? Referring to them as regular. B y the way, while we’re here, information and entertainment for the ‘disinterested majority’ would be will continue to say (generally to no let’s get something clear: 32 lines con avail) that nothing in CRACCUM the student body. more accurate! stituting less than one-eighth of a In those 63 years, it appears that The task of CRACCUM is, has been censored and no form of single page in issue one can scarcely only twice has anyone ever stood for somehow, to appease the masses with one-sidedness exists —to be one-sided be considered a Lesbian takeover of implies that a choice of material is the position of Editor twice — first in medial media morsels; and that’s the media! To many men, of course, available from which to choose.

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