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After a quiet spell in the news on account of, well, other stories, cannabis and what to do about it staged a modest headline revival this week. First there was this Stuff report on a journal article by Massey University researchers Marta Rychert and Chris Wilkins on how the cannabis referendum campaign unfolded.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s decision not to reveal her position on the cannabis debate during election campaigning could have been a decisive factor in last year’s referendum, academics believe.
The article in the
Drug and Alcohol Review isn t freely available, but I ve read it – and the headline claim, quoted accurately from article s abstract, isn t really backed up in the text, which declares only that Labour s decision not to campaign on the referendum (a Green Party policy) and Ardern s decision not to declare her vote (a yes ) in advance added to the volatility of the vote. That s it.