Mysterious vomiting illness from cannabis use (US)
Mysterious vomiting illness from cannabis use emerges in US hospitals NewsHub 12 July 2021 A mysterious vomiting illness is becoming increasingly prevalent in US hospitals…
Maori communities losing battle against liquor stores
Māori ‘up against it’ battling liquor store licensing in local communities Radio NZ News 12 July 2021 Murupara community leader Mem Jenner was leading a…
Govt looking at charity sector
Tax-exempt charities may have to justify sitting on millions of dollars in funds Stuff co.nz 11 July 2021 A huge North Island farming conglomerate and…
LA police make record $1.6b black market cannabis bust
Los Angeles police make record $1.6b black market cannabis bust ABC News 7 July 2021 Los Angeles police have made the largest illegal marijuana seizure…
Al Show: Ep13 – “Is Big Data out to get you?”
Earlier this year, a British man discovered how several online companies were sharing data about him and had profiled him as a risk taker. Online…
The “Colorado Experiment”: Legalized Marijuana’s Impact in Colorado
Hudson Institute 28 June 2021 The state of Colorado has been offered up by many policy makers as a test case regarding the wisdom of…
What Do We Do About the Homeless?
Homelessness is one of the most vexing public policy problems we face. If you live in a big city, especially on the West Coast, you…
The dubious LA solution to homelessness
The Limits of Housing First Christopher Rufo.com 21 April 2021 In 2016 influential political leaders, activists, and media outlets in Los Angeles said they had…
Bruce Logan: Hate speech legislation is hateful
6 July 2021 Bruce Logan is a board member of Family First NZ No matter how the government wants to spin it, hate speech legislation…
Important commentaries on proposed hate speech laws
Muriel Newman https://www.nzcpr.com/muzzling-free-speech/ “…What the Prime Minister doesn’t seem to understand is that threatening people so they are afraid to speak up will not create…