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A new poll shows most New Zealanders support changing the country's outdated drug laws to remove criminal penalties and instead offer education, treatment, and other health-based approaches. The new polling, conducted by The Navigators for the NZ Drug Foundation, shows 68 percent of New Zealanders support replacing the country's antiquated 1975 Misuse of Drugs Act with a health-based approach. Sixty-one...

A growing majority of New Zealanders support legalizing cannabis for personal use, according to a new poll just three months from a national referendum. Helius Therapeutics commissioned the Independent Horizon Research survey of nearly 1600 Kiwis and found that 56 per cent of respondents plan to vote YES to legalizing cannabis for personal use in  the September 1st referendum. Way...

Coming into another cannabis harvest season in New Zealand and the government is once again missing out on capturing any revenue from the hundreds of thousands of cannabis sales about to take place on the black market, thanks to their continuation of the failed policy of prohibition. While cannabis legalization is no doubt coming to New Zealand, its coming very...

Mexican cartels are using local crooks to target New Zealand in what an organized crime expert has called a "perfect storm". Foreign drug barons have changed the landscape of cocaine and methamphetamine dealing here, Detective Superintendent Greg Williams told Stuff. High local demand, abundant overseas supply and huge profits meant battle-hardened foreign networks were now drawn to the domestic New Zealand drugs trade. This situation is the result of...

The Ministry of Health has opened public consultation on the proposals for the medicinal cannabis regulations needed to support the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme. Consultation closes Wednesday 7 August 2019 at 5 pm. The Government has committed to establishing a Medicinal Cannabis Scheme to improve access to quality medicinal cannabis products. The Scheme will do this through: enabling the commercial cultivation...

The Ministry of Health is holding information sessions on the medicinal cannabis scheme. Information sessions on proposals for the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme are being held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The sessions will be held as follows: Auckland, Monday 22 July and Tuesday 23 July Christchurch, Tuesday 30 July Wellington, Thursday 1 August Preference for attendance will be given to...

The Psychedelic renaissance is really gaining momentum in the USA now with Oakland, California decriminalizing psychedelic plants! This includes Psilocybin mushrooms, DMT plants such as Ayahuasca and Mescaline cacti such as Peyote! Oregon is also working on similar legislation for the coming year. Oakland has become the second city in the U.S to decriminalize magic mushrooms, after Denver, Colorado held...

Denver just voted to decriminalize magic mushrooms. After a very narrow vote, Denver becomes the first city in the U.S.A to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms. The plan doesn’t permit the sale or purchase of the mushrooms, and establishes a task force to examine the impact of decriminalization over the next several years. “It’s a signal to the rest of the country...

West Coast man John Robert Patrick was elated outside the Greymouth district court after being discharged without conviction for supplying medicinal cannabis to thousands of sick people.  John is what is commonly referred to as a "green fairy", a term used to describe cannabis suppliers and/or growers who network to help patients on compassionate grounds. Judge Jane Farish said she would...

The government has been told it could regulate medicinal cannabis within six months, if it wants to, according to an advocate. Medical Cannabis Awareness New Zealand coordinator Shane LeBrun said the health minister refused to meet him on several occasions - stalling progress. At a cannabis conference in Wellington today, Mr LeBrun slammed Health Minister David Clarke. "I appreciate he...

We are extremely happy to announce that at long last the law around the sale of hemp seed for human consumption has finally come into effect . On Monday the 12th of November 2018, New Zealand will legalize the production, sale and consumption of hemp (cannabis sativa) seed as food. This is fantastic news and will ensure all New Zealanders...