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National’s medicinal cannabis bill is far better than Labour’s

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The medicinal cannabis bill filed today in the name of National’s Whangarei MP Shane Reti is vastly better-conceived than the government bill it seeks to supplant. But it’s not perfect, writes Russell Brown.  It’s no secret that members of the Health select committee were moved by many of the oral submissions they heard while considering … Read more

‘I worried less about the cops than the gangs’ – an interview with a weed dealer

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As cannabis decriminalisation finally looms as a political possibility, Don Rowe tracks down an ex-dealer to get a look into the black economy – and asks whether they’d consider going legit. A wheezy sigh of relief was heard yesterday as Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne indicated the possibility of finally loosening his bow-tie stranglehold on the … Read more