Mondays made better! Featuring a massive 95bFM announcement, Jessica Pratt is returning to Aotearoa for a show in June. On Fashun, Penelope Noir delves into the history of Auckland's oldest department store Smith & Caughy's which recently reduced it's physical retail store by two storeys. Then on Loose Reads, Jenna reviews Karen Russell's latest book The Antidote, thanks to Time Out Bookstore.
Last December the government introduced the misuse of drugs amendment act concerning medicinal cannabis. They have until December this year to determine the regulations for a medicinal cannabis scheme. Following the Government's move to increase access to this, two professors at the University of Otago are cautioning the future changes for medical cannabis products. Professor Michelle Glass, and Associate professor John Ashton of the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology have outlined some potential issues regarding medicinal cannabis regulation. Here is the Wire's Louis Laws talking with Michelle about the catering of cannabis.
On todays Dear Science with AUT's Allan Blackman, we discuss a study that finds a correlation between wearing glasses and being more intelligent (Allan is more than excited about this one). We prove that science is awesome when talking about a new cancer treatment that has concluded with remarkable results. And finally Allan scares us by telling us how the days are getting longer due to the moon slowly edging away from Earth. Maybe its scared of us, who knows, find out on the show.
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