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Reforming cannabis laws is a complex challenge, but New Zealand's history of drug reform holds important lessons

  • Written by Marta Rychert, Senior Researcher in Drug Policy, Massey University
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In less than three months, New Zealanders will vote in the world’s first national referendum on a comprehensive proposal to legalise the recreational use of cannabis.

Unlike cannabis ballots in several US states in which the public only voted on the general proposition of whether cannabis should be legalised or not,...

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