The Ted Noffs Foundation Blog by Matt Noffs

  • What makes medical cannabis medical?

    June 12, 2017 The Noffs Team Comments
    From earliest days, cannabis has been recognised for its medical uses, as well as recreational uses. References to medical uses for cannabis can be found in many ancient civilisations, [1] and prior to its criminlisation in 1937, cannabis “was one of the top three most prescribed medicines in the US ...

  • #JustOneLife ☝️ Pill Testing Breakthrough

    June 08, 2017 The Noffs Team Comments
    You may have heard that, for the past six months, the #JustOneLife campaign has been in discussions with the ACT government to trial pill testing. Well, we’ve made a breakthrough, with the government to consider pill testing later this year at Spilt Milk! In a recent op-ed in the ...

  • Nixon, Racism and a hatred of youth: How the WAR ON DRUGS began

    June 05, 2017 The Noffs Team Comments
    For many people, including myself, when first confronted by the idea that the 'War on Drugs' has its origins in racism - it's a little bit difficult to believe and also sounds hokey if not outright conspiracy theory. But when we look closely at where and how the terminology was ...

  • #JustOneLife ☝️ - Video 4: Everybody's life means something

    May 08, 2017 The Noffs Team Comments
    Have a listen to David Caldicott, Alex Wodak and Matt Noffs discuss why the #JustOneLife campaign is important to them, why it is important for young people, and why it is so necessary we make it a success. Dr Caldicott and Dr Wodak both have extensive experience in the medical ...

  • #JustOneLife ☝️ - Video 3: What's stopping pill testing?

    May 01, 2017 The Noffs Team Comments
    What is stopping pill testing? The fact that many of our leaders are clinging on to the failed ideology of the war on drugs. Is death an appropriate punishment for young people experimenting? When governments say no to pill testing, they are implicitly part of these deaths. This anti-reform campaign ...

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