Green Party assurances they will support child protection after cannabis decriminalisation seem hollow, said ACT Justice
spokesman Stephen Franks.
The Greens are reported to have sold alcohol without a licence at the party’s Annual General Meeting in Turangi last
weekend.
“The Greens advocate cannabis decriminalisation but claim that prohibition on access by children under 18 can still work
if the law is changed.
“Regulation to stop supply of alcohol to children will work only if licensing law is respected. If the Greens despise
alcohol licencing law enough to sell organic wine without a licence will they have the same attitude to organic dope?
“The Greens propose that alcohol and cannabis share the same age of consent. How this will be respected and enforced
when a national political party ignores the law designed to maintain the enforceability of age restrictions?”, said
Stephen Franks.
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