Show threadStrypeyOct 31

This is what a recent NZ Drug Foundation report said we need for drug policy in Aotearoa, and I agree wholeheartedly.

Politicians across successive govts have consistently shown that they can't be objective about anything to do with drugs. Too often drug harms are increased as part of "tough on crime" grandstanding, despite the evidence about what actually reduces harm.

We need a nonpartisan, evidence-focused body with powers to determine drug policy.

(3/3)

#DrugLawReform #NZDrugFoundation

Show threadStrypeyJul 6, 2018
Perhaps the proposed cannabis referendum could ask the public whether to pass the #NZDrugFoundation model drug legislation into law? Maybe as a 2-part question:
1) should NZ remove all criminal penalties for using drugs, possessing drugs for personal use, and non-commercial sharing of drugs for personal use?
2) should NZ set up a regulated, taxed market for the commercial sale of quality-controlled cannabis and cannabis products?
StrypeyJul 6, 2018
The #NZDrugFoundation has proposed a model drug law that would "decriminalise all drugs, and create a regulated cannabis market":
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/drug-foundation/05-07-2017/our-politicians-wont-do-it-so-the-drug-foundation-did-a-model-drug-law-for-new-zealand/
Our politicians won't do it, so the Drug Foundation did: A model drug law for New Zealand

New Zealand’s drug law is causing more harm than good. The New Zealand Drug Foundation has proposed a replacement that would decriminalise all drugs, and create a regulated cannabis market. Executive director Ross Bell outlines the foundation’s model drug law. New Zealand once led the world in so

The Spinoff