Only regulation can clean up pills market ? STANZ
"Only regulation can protect party pill users", says the Social Tonics Association of New Zealand....
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Posted: Monday 19 February 2007
Illegal Substances In "Party Pills"
Recent tests have revealed that pills submitted for analysis as suspected MDMA (commonly referred to as "ecstasy") have been found to contain other illicit drugs and in other cases "party pills", which commonly contain legal benzylpiperazine (BZP) have been found to also contain illicit drugs....
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Posted: Monday 19 February 2007
BZP Causes Adverse Kneejerk Reaction
In the wake of a tragic incident in Greymouth which has left a young man in an induced coma in Christchurch Hospital after taking BZP, Libertarianz Drugs Spokesman Dr. Richard Goode reiterated his party's opposition to a ban on BZP-based party pills....
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Posted: Friday 16 February 2007
Second victim in care
The 23-year-old disc jockey who lies in an induced coma at Christchurch Hospital is the second party pill victim to end up in intensive care in as many weeks....
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Posted: Friday 16 February 2007
Drug 'cocktail' blamed for DJ's collapse at dance party
A "cocktail" of drugs, rather than just party pills, may be the reason a Greymouth man collapsed at a dance rave at the weekend, police say....
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Posted: Friday 16 February 2007
New light on party pill problems
New research out today shines a different light on the hysteria surrounding party pills....
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Posted: Friday 16 February 2007
Hospitalised DJ's parents demand party-pill ban
The anxious parents of Greymouth man Ben Rodden will not know until tomorrow whether their son has been left with permanent damage after his near fatal brush with party pills at the weekend....
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Posted: Thursday 15 February 2007
Libertarianz launches Party Pill Petition
"Today it is my pleasure to announce the launch of the Libertarianz petition to stop the banning of BZP-based 'party pills'." said Dr. Richard Goode, Libertarianz Drugs Spokesman. "The petition calls on the New Zealand House of Representatives not to ban or further restrict the sale of benzylpiperazine (BZP) and BZP-based party pills."...
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Posted: Wednesday 14 February 2007
Party pills and booze puts DJ in coma
An increase in party pill users ending up in the intensive care unit in Christchurch hospital is worrying medical staff....
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Posted: Wednesday 14 February 2007
Party pills put life on the line
While Jim Anderton is content to sit back and relax, a young man is fighting for his life after combining party pills with alcohol, says National MP Jacqui Dean....
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Posted: Wednesday 14 February 2007
Party Pill King Shows Disregard for NZ Families
Matt Bowden's proposed regulatory code for Party Pills will do more harm than good to New Zealand families....
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Posted: Monday 12 February 2007
BZP code of practice not enough
A Code of Good Manufacturing Practice proposed by BZP industry representatives doesn't go far enough, says National MP, Jacqui Dean....
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Posted: Monday 12 February 2007
Party pills are just pharmaceutical products
United Future health spokesperson Judy Turner has renewed her call to change the current status of party pills in response to the Social Tonics Association of New Zealand release of a proposed self-regulatory regime and safety code for 'legal highs'....
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Posted: Monday 12 February 2007
Self regulation proposed by party pill industry
The party pill industry, in an attempt to stave off a complete ban, has offered up a code of conduct regulating itself....
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Posted: Sunday 11 February 2007
Industry To Launch Regulatory Framework For Party Pills
The Social Tonics Association of New Zealand, representing 80 per cent of the party pill industry, will launch this Sunday a manufacturing code and a comprehensive set of draft regulations governing the sale and safe use of BZP related substances....
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Posted: Friday 9 February 2007
Side-effects of party pills a hidden danger
THE ever-increasing popularity of party pills as a method of achieving a "high" has Gisborne healthcare professionals concerned, as the often-hidden side-effects start to rear their ugly head at music festivals....
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Posted: Tuesday 30 January 2007
Legal highs fall foul of experts
Debate about whether party pills should be made illegal is heating up, and Manawatu people are in the thick of it, reports GRANT MILLER....
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Posted: Monday 29 January 2007
Party pill hoard foils ban
Party pill manufacturers have developed and stockpiled thousands of BZP alternatives in preparation for an expected Government ban....
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Posted: Sunday 28 January 2007
YOU can help to save the party pill industry!
Party pill users are being asked to show their support for the industry before it is too late....
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Posted: Thursday 25 January 2007
Dope pill plan for pain relief
Cannabis may be legalised for medicinal purposes but patients prescribed it could be taking it in the form of a pill rather than smoking it....
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Posted: Thursday 25 January 2007
Crossbow shots denied
A crossbow-wielding party pill merchant with a taste for his own product reached "breaking point" and started smashing windows in his own shop, allegedly firing bolts at his mate, Palmerston North District Court heard yesterday....
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Posted: Wednesday 24 January 2007
