Tue, 27 Apr 1999 Source: New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) Page: A4 Copyright: New Zealand Herald Contact: PO Box 32, Auckland Website: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/news 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. - --- MAP posted-by: Patrick Henry