Pardon Kiwi cannabis convicts? Yes, we can.
While Americans convicted for possessing pot will soon be pardoned, some local politicians have already stubbed out the roach here, citing the 2020 cannabis referendum result. Yet there remains a…
Should politicians be drug tested?
As long as workers are tested for drugs they may do in their own time, should politicians be tested too?
Cannabis year in review: the referendum’s long shadow
For the second year of the zombie apocalypse, covid cast a long shadow over everything, the referendum left us in a hazy brain fog and the government wished cannabis would…
Does medical cannabis need a supermarket-style intervention?
The Government’s medical cannabis scheme is now in full effect, but strict rules have taken away products that are used by thousands of patients, letting billionaires corner the market and…
Police persecute medicinal cannabis suppliers – this isn’t the kindness or reform we were promised!
Police have been under fire for raiding and prosecuting people using and producing medicinal cannabis products – but the blame lies squarely with politicians writing bad laws.
Cannabis referendum draft law welcomed, but a missed opportunity to put people before profits, says NORML
Cannabis reform organisation NORML has welcomed the release today of more details about the cannabis referendum and a draft bill, but says the Government has missed a huge opportunity to…
Cannabis reform group welcomes referendum details
New Zealand's oldest cannabis reform group has welcomed details of the Government's cannabis referendum, but cautioned the devil is in the details.
Labour will legalise medicinal cannabis “in first 100 days”, open to wider decriminalisation
The New Zealand Labour Party have confirmed they will make medicinal cannabis legal within their “first 100 days” of forming a government, and although less supportive than the Green Party…