The OUSA Executive have backed a submission from the Otago Campus Greens on the Government’s new medical marijuana bill.
Marijuana, also known as dank weed, the devil’s lettuce, reefer, Chronicles of Narnia, combustible herbargy, buckle truckle, wacky-backy, munt moss, canobinisinis, scooby-doo, silly salad, swampy dragon, Isobel Jenkins, and giggling gorse, can be used for medical stuff, primarily as pain relief. The bill going before parliament at the moment would allow medical marijuana to terminally ill patients and is currently supported by every party in parliament, and David Seymour.
However, Campus Greens, with the support of Southern Young Labour and Young ACT, have drafted a submission on the new bill calling for medical silly salad to be extended to those with serious but non-terminal conditions that research has shown medical scooby-doo helps with, like epilepsy and Parkinson’s.
William Dreyer, co-convenor of Campus Greens, said the current bill was “not adequate,” emphasising that extending medical devil’s lettuce beyond people who are close to death is “not anything extreme”.
The OUSA Executive unanimously voted to endorse the submission. “It’s a great idea,” said Recreation Officer and fire-dancing yoga instructor Josh Smythe. “We should absolutely support it,” said Education Officer James Heath.
Postgraduate Officer Kirio Birks was initially reticent, saying that he felt “uneasy” about voting without a mandate from the students, but eventually succumbed to peer pressure and said yes to the drug.