This week on Marijuana Media, Chris and Milly talk about how New Zealand's new capital of cannabis (Takauna, exit 420), Cannabis prescriptions for children, hemp oil topical ointments and what is going down at The Hempstore, among so much more.
đ Three hours of music from here, there, and everywhere - with a slight trip hop tilt.
Obtuse Tune of the Week: Will do this next week oops. Live Before the Entertainment Guide: The National - I Need My Girl (Live in Rome)
playlist is also available here for streaming on spotify. (But if you listen and like, please consider supporting on bandcamp / otherwise <3)
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Playlist
đ playlist is also available here for streaming on spotify. (But if you listen and like, please consider supporting on bandcamp / otherwise <3
Ellen Reid, Shabaka - Primrose Hill NâGou Bagayoko - Kulu The Budos Band - T.I.B.W.F. Massive Attack, Horace Andy, Tricky - Five Man Army Womb - One Is Always Heading Somewhere Wiri Donna - Stop Charades The Cure - Alone Larry Heard, Mr White - The Sun Canât Compare (Long Version) Addison Groove - Changa Daphni - Cloudy Revulva - Heroin Chic O & THE MO - Make Way For The Sun Jim Nothing - Wildflowers The Avalanches, Kurt Vile - Gold Sky Bleeding Star - Donât Want Your Sympathy Diket - Vallmon blomma Dubamine - Mosquito Dub LSN, Warrior Queen - Systematic (J:Kenzo & Sabab Remix) Tricky, Martina Topley-Bird - Hell Is around The Corner Wunderhorse - Teal Jamie T - Joan Of Arc Obscure Astronaut - Insomniac (Instrumental) [Well at Least Halloween's Coming Up] The Smashing Pumpkins - Crush Alice Pheobe Lou - Dusk The Cleaners From Venus - I Canât Stop (Holding On) The National - I Need My Girl (Live in Rome) The Bemsha Swing - Empty Leather Jonny L - Piper (Grooverider Mix) Orishas - A Lo Cubano Lady Shaka - E Tu (KARAN! Remix) Alix Perez, Visages - Kauri NIISA - Come Away from the House of Death UNKLE, Ian Brown - Be There Mannequin Pussy - Perfect Snivelling Swineheards - Deathbubble Aneurysm H+, 1undred - What Type of Animal Dead Sound(Young Marco, John Moods) - Pure Blue Jamie xx - Sleep Sound
This week we are joined by Craig and James from Pink Plates join cocktail corner making a delicious pink margarita featuring some of the finest ingredients from Black Sands Brewery.
You can check out Pink Plates here, and Black Sands Brewery for some delicious beersies right here!
Milly joins A. Savage co-frontman of Parquet Courts to talk his solo tour around New Zealand and Australia, where he will be playing at The Others Way. Shout out to everyone that made this possible!
He spoke to Paula Lorgelly from the University of Auckland for an expert opinion on the end of free COVID test provision.
He spoke to Julie Harrison, also from the University of Auckland to discuss a research project she was involved in examining costs for Kaumatua in elderly life care.
And he spoke to Clair Mills from Te Kupenga Hauora Maori to discuss the governmentâs directive to adjust health services to focus on need instead of ethnicity.
95bFM News and Editorial director, Joel, spoke to Professional Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland, Brian Marsh, about rising statistics of violence in schools, and how this relates to the Covid-19 lockdowns.
And they also spoke to Professor of Health Economics at the University of Auckland, Paula Lorgelly, about Associate Health Minister, Casey Costelloâs, tax cuts for Heated Tobacco Products.
Last week, infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop and Health Minister Shane Reti announced that the planned redevelopment of the new Dunedin Hospital would need to be scaled back, based on projections that the upgrade costs could reach or exceed $3 billion New Zealand dollars.
Advice given to Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, has been to either reduce the scale of the hospitalâs infrastructural development or to develop the project in stages.
The decision has been widely criticised, both by the general public and local government officials in Dunedin, who say that the announcement contradicts the coalitionâs promise to continue a project started by the previous Labour government to rebuild Dunedin hospital to full capacity and capabilities.
For their weekly catchup, I spoke to the Green Partyâs Ricardo Menendez-March to discuss the decision to roll back on the development of Dunedin Hospital.
They also had a kĆrero about the end of free covid test distribution and the governmentâs sign off on changes to increase speed limits.
Oto reached out to Paula Lorgelly, a professor of Health Economics and Population Health at the University of Auckland for an expert opinion on the end of Free Covid Test distribution.
From Monday this week onwards, Rapid Antigen Tests would not be provided from pharmacies freely and would instead need to be purchased directly from retailers.
A pack of 5 covid tests would cost $16.99 at Chemist Warehouse, for example.
Recently there has been a spike in reported violence within schools across the country.
In March, The Education Review Officesâ Education Evaluation head, Ruth Shinoda, discussed a report into the findings with RNZ, saying that New Zealand ranks amongst the worst for disruptive behaviour in classrooms, with this only increasing in the past few years.
In 2022, 29% of the total number of students stood down in schools were due to physical assaults on other students, with 3% being stood down for physical assaults on staff members.
News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Professional Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland, Dr Brian Marsh, about this rise in violence, and how these rising statistics stem from students being in isolation during the Covid-19 lockdowns.
Associate Health Minister, Casey Costello, is pushing for smokers to switch to Heated Tobacco Products, otherwise known as HTPs, as an alternative to other forms of smoking, for what she says is a part of a solution to try work towards Smokefree 2025.
The plan, which aims to get 7000 people to switch to HTPs, will result in a cut of 50% to excise tax to the products at a cost of up to $216 million.
Currently, tobacco giant, Philip Morris, owns a Monopoly of HTPs in New Zealand, which would mean that this company will solely profit off of the tax cuts.
Many are concerned that Costello is prioritising profits over actually working towards lowering tobacco usage within Aotearoa.
As well as this, Philip Morrisâ HTPs, known as IQOSâ have recently been pulled from shelves over being classified as vapes, and therefore going against Labourâs vaping regulations, which require vaping products to have child safety mechanisms, as well as having removable batteries.
News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Professor of Health Economics at the University of Auckland, Paula Logelly, on Costelloâs push for HTPs, and whether she believes that Costello is putting money over peopleâs health.
Recent statistics have shown that the population of Aotearoa is steadily growing older, with the number of people over the age of 65 expected to hit 1 million by 2028.
In line with this, discussions have begun on how New Zealandâs healthcare system can be adapted to better accommodate for the ageing population of Aotearoa, particularly in the field of end-of-life care.
As such, a team of researchers from the University of Auckland and Waikato have begun a project examining the current state of palliative care in Aotearoa and how clinicians can help kaumÄtua and whÄnau to make better decisions.
Oto spoke to Julie Harrison, an Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance at the University of Auckland who is part of the study, to discuss her research and findings.
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