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Article: NEW ZEALAND: THOSE BACKING BZP SERIOUSLY MISGUIDED

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March 14, 2008
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The government of New Zealand issued the following news release:

Those backing the continued sale of BZP did not have the best interest of New Zealand at heart, Associate Health Minister and Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton said today.

Jim Anderton said the decision to legislate against BZP-based party pills was taken after recommendations by the Experts Advisory Committee on Drugs to do so.

"It's not me being a killjoy and inflicting my choices on the country. This is the determination of expert toxicologists, doctors, and other specialists who see this drug as a real danger, particularly to our young people. Why do some people want others to die before we do anything?"

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