From the outside, New Zealand seems like a likely candidate for progressive drug laws. But internally, legislative reform efforts are foundering. Reform of New Zealandâs drug laws â at least when it comes to cannabis â has broad public support. About 80% of New Zealanders have tried cannabis at some point in their life, and a recent poll found 69% supported either full legalisation or decriminalisation.
Looking at drug use more broadly, New Zealandâs Labour government itself commissioned two different reports, both of which recommended a decriminalisation or legalisation approach. Ardern has previously advocated a âpublic healthâ approach to drug use, including in comments to the United Nations rejecting a Donald Trump drug war proposal.
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