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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]June 2026, Matt Bowden spills the beans on who shut down NZ’s drug regulatory system and why, explains how it could end national debt and gets accused of being a conspiracy theorist.<\/p>\n

Stuff’s Lloyd Burr asked me whether regulating drugs would remove international debt, and why it didn’t work when we tried.\u00a0 and seems surprised to learn that there was diplomatic pressure and corruption involved and we discuss vaccine safety, and whether people who believe in ‘conspiracy theories’ are crazy, or whether MSM using the term ‘conspiracy theorist’ is a way to pathologise dissent.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed that I got to present the reality of what happened in my life to a mainstream outlet and was even able to discuss mRNA drug toxicity, normally a forbidden topic in New Zealand media.<\/p>\n

Watch the video then read follow up article here: http:\/\/mattbowden.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3573<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stuff’s Lloyd Burr asks Matt Bowden whether regulating drugs would remove international debt, why it didn’t work last time and is surprised to learn that there was diplomatic pressure and corporate lobbying involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","dt_portfolio_category":[25],"dt_portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-3608","dt_portfolio","type-dt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dt_portfolio_category-media-story","dt_portfolio_category-25","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\nBYO Stuff Interview - MattBowden.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Matt Bowden spills the beans on who shut down New Zealand's drug regulation system and why, after making it clear it could have brought New Zealand within reach of being debt free and gets accused of being a conspiracy theorist.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mattbowden.com\/?dt_portfolio=byo-stuff-interview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BYO Stuff Interview - 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