The New Zealand government has issued a request for proposals to provide the nation’s physicians with a primer on medical marijuana and its use as a medicine. The government hopes the resulting educational publication, or resource, will provide h…
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How The Wider Political Agenda Risks Skewing New Zealand’s Cannabis Referendum
One of the curiosities of the 2020 election campaign is Jacinda Ardern’s refusal to reveal her personal position on the cannabis referendum. Next Saturday, New Zealanders can vote in two referendums: the end of life choice on euthanasia, and cannabis l…
Will New Zealand Take The Leap To Legalize Recreational Cannabis?
Will New Zealand Take The Leap To Legalize Recreational Cannabis?
The Cannabis Legislation and Control Bill will take place on October 17 to discuss the introduction of legal recreational cannabis to persons 20 years of age and older.
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New Zealand extends medical cannabis transition to avoid supply disruption
Medical cannabis suppliers in New Zealand have been given an extension on new product-assessment rules that were set to take effect this month. That development came to light in a Medicinal Cannabis Agency (MCA) communication sent to industry stakehold…
New Zealanders Eye Opportunities as Vote on Cannabis Legalization Nears
CANNABIS CULTURE – New Zealand is set to vote next week on the legislation of a new adult use cannabis program. Activists, people and politicians have argued the legal framework will create opportunity where once there was only despair. “I hope to see …
Kiwibank Shuts Down ‘Green Fairy’ Account After Giving Her ‘Local Hero’ Medal
“Green fairy” Rose Renton is having her Kiwibank account shut down less than a year after the same bank awarded her a “local hero” medal. Renton has been a prominent campaigner for medicinal cannabis since the death of her son Alex in 2015, for whom sh…