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The New Zealand government has recently announced its plan to reclassify nitrous oxide from a prescription medicine to a psychoactive substance if sold for recreational use, intensifying penalties for both sellers and users. As a leading smartshop in New Zealand, we strongly oppose this move, advocating instead for strict regulation rather than outright prohibition.

While American lobbyists were cunning enough to trick enough kiwi voters into voting marginally in favor of continuing our failed policy of cannabis prohibition, the Police were not so gullible. The Police know better than anyone that cannabis prohibition has failed and have demonstrated wisdom with the announcement today that they are axing their annual nationwide helicopter cannabis operations.This will...

Coming into another cannabis harvest season in New Zealand and the government is once again missing out on capturing any revenue from the hundreds of thousands of cannabis sales about to take place on the black market, thanks to their continuation of the failed policy of prohibition. While cannabis legalization is no doubt coming to New Zealand, its coming very...

In what can only be described as a 'drug harm maximization' approach, Dr Tom Mullholland writes for Stuff that "event drug testing sends the wrong message" and drug users should instead adopt a "just say no!" approach. Dr Tom rants on that "drug testing sends a message that taking drugs is OK and its not" and that "Drugs are illegal...

The following is a complete list (at the time this article was written) of botany and mycology publications that are deemed ‘objectionable’ (ie: banned, prohibited) in New Zealand. The Marijuana Chef Cookbook Marijuana New School Indoor Cultivation Cannabis Cultivator Peyote And Other Psychoactive Cacti Psilocybin Mushrooms Of The World The Big Book Of Buds Psilocybin Magic Mushroom Grower’s Guide Indoor...

As of 1st April 2008 Party Pills containing BZP and related Piperazines are now Prohibited in New Zealand. Check out our fantastic range of BZP Free Party Pills and Energizers.

One4B (1,4 butanediol) appeared on the New Zealand scene in the late 90s, early 2000s. It was imported by Timaru company AlphaWare NZ, who sold it on their website Alphaware.co.nz as Puritech CD cleaner. It was also marketed as a dietary supplement by Auckland company OuterSpace who hosted stalls at the BigDayOut music festival and other events. Closely related to...

1987 - Despite little evidence of any actual MDMA related harm, the substance 3,4-Methyl​enedioxy​methamphetamine was prohibited by the US Drug Enforcement Agency in 1985. Sadly New Zealand followed suit in 1987 scheduling the substance as a class B controlled drug under MODA. Update 2/5/2019 - MDMA prohibition has failed in New Zealand and street-pills of various quality ranging from fairly...

1967 - Since the Narcotics Act of 1965, not only has demand for Cannabis sky-rocketed, so too has the demand for psychedelics such as LSD. In response to the emerging hippie counter-culture, New Zealand Prohibited LSD and Mescaline (the main psychoactive alkaloid in the psychedelic Peyote Cactus) in 1967, scheduling them both under the Narcotics Act of 1965. Update 29/04/2019...

1965 - While the recreational use of Cannabis was Prohibited in 1927, Medicinal cannabis continued to be utilized as a prescription medicine. Unfortunately for the world, the united nations in 1961 passed its awful Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. In accordance with its international obligations under this act, New Zealand sadly passed the Narcotics Act in 1965, which prohibited a...

Unfortunately for New Zealand, it was one of the only British colonies where industrial hemp was not cultivated, largely thanks to as the native Harakeke plant, which can be used in much the same way. In 1927, New Zealand passed the Dangerous Drugs Act, who's schedule included among the other intoxicants: Indian hemp - that is, the dried flowering or...