MAGAZINE STAYS

Police say they are powerless to remove a marijuana magazine, High
Times, from shop shelves. Distributors have stopped importing overseas
cigar magazines after a Health Ministry warning that they breached the
Smokefree Environments Act, but High Times remains on magazine stands.
Its distributors say 3000 copies are sold each month. The United
States magazine includes growing tips, a guide to marijuana movies,
interviews, cannabis paraphernalia giveaways and mail order forms. It
was banned for about nine months last year after the Office of Film
and Literature Classification ruled that it was objectionable, but the
distributors sought a review. The review board allowed it to be
imported again, but with an R18 classification. The ministry said it
had no jurisdiction over marijuana promotion.