Ron Mark MP

New Zealand First Deputy Leader

Police Spokesperson
20 APRIL 2017

Government in Denial About ‘Zombie’ Drug Spice

New Zealand First says the government is in denial after images on television news showed what appears to be the zombie-like effects of the synthetic cannabis ‘Spice’ in New Zealand.

“Spice is a massive problem in the UK and earlier this month, Australia’s 7News warned it was heading down under and footage last night seemingly shows it could now be here,” says New Zealand First Police Spokesperson, Ron Mark.

“In March, we asked the Police Minister and the Associate Minister of Health what preparations they were making to combat Spice. You could not be more underwhelmed with their reply if you had tried because Spice is in the league all of its own.

“All we got from Minister Dunne was legislation like the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013, as if the scum dealing drugs like this will care. As for Minister Bennett, it was the standard Ostrich-like response of this government: ‘there is currently no information to suggest that there is any increase in demand or supply of the ‘Spice’ product in New Zealand, or that this product would likely have substantial impact on our illicit drug market in the future’.

“News footage seemingly shows that it could be here and British media claims most of it comes from China. If this government’s supposed relationship with China was at all real, then the Chinese Government would be actively stamping down on this perverse export.

“We need to get on top of this and quick because Spice is cheap, highly addictive and will devastate our towns. It starts by getting addicts off the street and into treatment before offering the scum peddling this a very long all-expenses paid stay in prison,” says Mr Mark.

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