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Cannabis Awareness Week : April 25 - May 3, 2008

This is the schedule for the first annual Cannabis Awareness Week (April 25 - May 3, 2008). As you can see, it was an action packed week that proved to be a lot of fun. There was a lot of planning and organising involved to be sure, but luckily we've got some great club members that see great potential in our organisation. If you have a little spare time and would like to help us ensure that future events like this take place, please do contact us. A little help from a motivated group went a long way and we're very excited that we have been able to make a huge difference in the public perception of cannabis and its users!

Friday 25 Apr
4:20pm – Special ANZAC Day Friday 4:20, greet MaryJane the CannaBus, learn about Cannabis Law Reform and meet the people involved in driving the debate at the national level, Otago University Union Lawn

5:00pm – Practice run for world record hotbox attempt, Otago University Union Lawn

Saturday 26 Apr
6:00pm – Placard and banner making for JDay, Otago University Student’s Association Clubs And Societies Centre (84 Albany Street), Craft Room

8:30pm – Fundraiser gig featuring ‘Deft Roots’, Arc Café (135 High Street)

Sunday 27 Apr
6:00pm – Placard and banner making for JDay, Mojo’s (219 Leith St.)

9:00pm – Movie night, ‘Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke’, Mojo’s (219 Leith St.)

Monday 28 Apr
Noon – Medicinal cannabis information day featuring Metiria Turei (Green Party MP), and cooking with cannabis workshop, learn about the medicinal properties of cannabis and see how medicinal preparations can be made that allow the drug to be administered without smoking, Otago University Union Lawn

7:00pm – History of Cannabis and Humanity open lecture, with Paul McMullan (Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party Parliamentary candidate), learn about the long historical relationship between Homo sapiens and Cannabis sativa; and The Politics of Cannabis in Aotearoa/New Zealand open lecture, with Metiria Turei (Green Party MP), learn about the recent political machinations that resulted in the prohibition of cannabis, Otago University St. David Lecture Theatre (entrance off Cumberland Street)

9:00pm – Movie night, ‘Reefer Madness’ and ‘Hemp for Victory’, Mojo’s (219 Leith St.)

Tuesday 29 Apr
Noon – Industrial hemp information day, learn about the multitude of non-drug industrial products that can be derived from the cannabis plant featuring New Hemisphere Hempseed Oil product demonstration, Otago University Union Lawn

7:00pm – ‘Hidden Voices: Cannabis Use and Users in Dunedin’ open lecture with Geoff Noller (PhD candidate in Psychological Medicine, formerly Anthropology, Otago University), learn about the demographics of cannabis users in New Zealand, Otago University Archway 4 Lecture Theatre (entrance off Union Street East)

9:00pm – Movie night, ‘Goodbye Pork Pie’, Mojo’s (219 Leith St.)

Wednesday 30 Apr
Noon – Spiritual and recreational use of cannabis information day and harm minimisation workshop, learn about the religious and recreational uses of cannabis and build your own harm minimising delivery implement (vapouriser, bong), Otago University Union Lawn

4:20pm – Wednesday 4:20 protest, stand up for your rights, Otago University Union Lawn

7:00pm – ‘The Physiology of Cannabis Use’ open lecture with Prof. D. Robin Taylor (Respiratory Medicine, Otago University), and Dr. Gavin Cape (Psychological Medicine, Otago University), learn about what happens inside different parts of your body when you use cannabis, Otago University St. David Lecture Theatre (entrance off Cumberland Street)

9:00pm – Movie night, ‘Supertroopers’, Mojo’s (219 Leith St.)

Thursday 1 May
Noon – Alcohol is more harmful than cannabis information day, learn about why alcohol use is much more harmful than cannabis use featuring Cr Teresa Stevenson (Dunedin City Councilor, Cargill Ward), Otago University Union Lawn

7:00pm – ‘Cannabis and Alcohol: Is Prohibition Rational?’ open lecture and roundtable discussion with Ross Bell (Director, New Zealand Drug Foundation), Pauline Gardiner (Founder, WellTrust; former National/United MP, Wellington Central), Chris Fowlie (President, NORML New Zealand), Nandor Tanczos (Green Party MP, Hamilton), Kevin Dawkins (Professor of Criminal Law, University of Otago), and Hon. Jim Anderton (Progressive MP, Wigram; Associate Minister of Health), a public discussion on: the relative evidence of harms from alcohol and cannabis use, whether or not current policies are working to reduce harm, and the place of harm minimisation in government policy toward alcohol and other drugs, moderated by award winning investigative journalist John Sellwood (TV One CloseUp) Otago University St. David Lecture Theatre (entrance off Cumberland Street)

9:00pm – Movie night, ‘The Doors’, Mojo’s (219 Leith St.)

Friday 2 May
1:00pm – ‘The Botany of Cannabis’ open lecture with Abe Gray (MSc candidate in Botany, Otago University), learn about how the cannabis plant grows and develops to produce psychoactive compounds and industrial products, Otago University Student’s Association Clubs and Societies Centre (84 Albany Street), Evison Lounge

4:20pm – Friday 4:20 protest, stand up for your rights, featuring an attempt at the world record for most people hot-boxing a bus, Otago University Union Lawn

7:00pm – Otago NORML and NORML NZ present the first annual Southern Regional Cannabis Cup, Secret Location

Saturday 3 May
4:20 am – 4:20 Extreme, the world’s most extreme act of cannabis civil disobedience, top of Baldwin Street, North East Valley

Noon – JDay, Join the worldwide protest against prohibition, with speakers, music from 'Ashes of Eden' and 'Bushmaster', games, and ganja, The Octagon

8:30pm – Private Function, Circadian Rhythm Café (72 St. Andrew Street), featuring music from 'Bushmaster'

**Placard and banner making for JDay also took place on each weekday during the lunchtime activities on the Union Lawn**

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