Marijuana Law Reform Down The List

Monday, 21 August 2000, 5:09 pm
Article: Guy MacGibbon

Marijuana law reform is not high on the Government’s list of priorities, despite a new poll which shows 60 percent of New Zealanders support legalisation or decriminalisation of the drug.

Prime Minister Helen Clark said she wouldn’t rate marijuana law reform terribly highly as a priority for the Government. She said the government had more important work to do.

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