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Drug testing agency Know Your Stuff NZ found an “alarming” amount the synthetic cathinone eutylone during testing last summer. The stimulant takes longer to kick in, meaning a user can take more before they’re aware of the effects, and end up overdosing. It has contributed to a number of hospitalisations around the country, with users reporting a range of symptoms including shaking, vomiting, paranoia, panic attacks, hallucinations, seizures and anxiety. With little international research available on the drug, Allison said almost everything they know about it had been told to them by users. “We ve had people describing physical symptoms up to 10 days later, like nausea and insomnia, and occasionally seizures,” she said.
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Ardern s refusal to take sides may have been a decisive factor in cannabis referendum - experts Newshub 8/03/2021 © Video - The AM Show; Images - Getty Kathy Errington on The AM Show.
The campaign to legalise cannabis last year might have failed because of Labour s self-imposed neutrality , despite their voters being overwhelmingly in favour of change.
A new poll, conducted by UMR and backed by the pro-legalisation Helen Clark Foundation, found 81 percent of Labour supporters are in favour of legalisation or decriminalisation, behind only the Greens (93 percent).
Most National supporters also favour legalisation or decriminalisation - 52 percent - while ACT supporters were the least liberal of the four main parties the poll cited, split 51-49.