"Chris Bishop, minister in charge of these things now, he's in this RNZ article saying, 'oh no don't be concerned, it's all set to just measure recent use'."

#ChrisFowlie, 2025

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/17208884/marijuana-media-with-chris-fowlie-13-november-2025

Which as explained in this podcast, in detail, is 100% bollox.

I'm not sure which RNZ article Fowlie means. But assuming this is true, either Bishop (tobacco industry lobbyist) doesn't know what he's talking about, or he's blatantly lying to the public.

#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia

Chris Fowlie discusses the use of hemp to replace the plastic component of wool carpet, and weed mats in the Manawatu Gorge;
https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/17204660/marijuana-media-with-chris-fowlie-6-november-2025

I wonder if hemp could be used to make biodegradable hay bail wrap for farms, to replace the huge amount of soft plastic they use every year.

#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #ChrisFowlie #hemp

"A large federally-funded study coming out of [US]America, published in Nature, 'marijuana users have enhanced cognitive abilities' ... [they] analysed brain imaging and cognitive data, from 37929 people. The cannabis consumers consistently outperformed the non-users in the cognitive tests. They had brain network characteristics typically associated with younger brains."

#ChrisFowlie, 2025

https://95bfm.com/bcast/95bfm-drive-w-halfqueen-r%C4%81pare-august-14th-2025

#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #UKBioBank #cannabis #cognition #research

According to Chris Fowlie, 2 new pharmaceutical cannabis flower products launched this week, $79 for 10g. The cheapest legally regulated cannabis ever seen in Aotearoa;

https://95bfm.com/bcast/marijuana-media-with-chris-fowlie-thursday-30-january-2025

If you're using for health reasons, get your prescription!

#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #ChrisFowlie #cannabis #MedicalCannabis

#ChrisFowlie goes all through a list of false positives that can occur with the government's proposed roadside drug testing tech;

"Speaking of going to the dentist, if you have some lidocaine you'll test positive for cocaine. If you're on a painkiller of some sort, you'll test positive for heroin. If you're on Ritalin you'll test positive for meth."

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16924333/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-thursday-19-2024

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#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #DrugDriving #RoadsideTesting

"Join your union, because there's more support through the union, and it was of course the unions that took on Air NZ and got that Supreme Court case."

#ChrisFowlie, 2024

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16907174/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-november-28-2024

Chris is referring to a case discussed earlier in the segment, where the court ruled that mandated drug testing is an invasion of privacy, and only justified in the workplace in very specific safety situations.

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#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #cannabis #DrugTesting

"... [in Vancouver, Canada] people with harmful drug use can actually get free cannabis ...

This out kind of outside the law ... but everyone's tolerating it, because it's getting such good outcomes. They get donations off licensed growers ... that have surplus, and they're giving it away to homeless people, and veterans, and people like that [who] need access to it but can't afford it."

#ChrisFowlie, Nov 17 2024

https://95bfm.com/bcasts/marijuana-media/9370

#podcasts #BFM #MarijuanaMedia #cannabis #Canada

"MPI's Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures Fund ... in 2022 they gave Puro $13,000,000 to develop a grow book, and some industry standards."

#ChrisFowlie, 2024
https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16871366/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-31st-october-2024

Just to put that in context, that's enough to pay 20 people to work fulltime for 3 years, at $100 an hour. This is the kind of public money sloshing around. Seems like you just need to be in the right place at the right time, or maybe know the right people ...

#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #PublicFunding

"... Police now prosecute more Māori than non-Māori for cannabis offences. Despite being 15 or 18 percent of the population."
https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16864147/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-october-24-2024

#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #cannabis #Māori #racism #PoliceRacism

#ChrisFowlie points out that both Kamala Harris, and her newly-announced VP candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are open advocates of drug law reform, including liberalisation of federal laws around cannabis.

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16766040/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-august-8-2024

#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #DrugLawReform #cannabis #KamalaHarris #TimWalz