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The use of cannabis in New Zealand is regulated by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, which makes unauthorised possession of any amount of cannabis a crime. Cannabis is the fourth-most widely used recreational drug in New Zealand, after caffeine, alcohol and tobacco, and the most widely used illicit drug.
The 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum was a non-binding referendum held on 17 October 2020 in conjunction with the 2020 general election and a euthanasia referendum, on the question of whether to legalise the sale, use, possession and production of recreational cannabis. It was rejected by New Zealand voters.
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP), also known as the Cannabis Party, [2] is a political party in New Zealand. It is dedicated to the legalisation of cannabis for medical, recreational and industrial use. [3] It was founded in 1996 and has stood in every general election since, but has never won representation in Parliament.
Country/Territory Recreational Medical Notes Afghanistan Illegal Illegal Main article: Cannabis in Afghanistan Production banned by King Zahir Shah in 1973. Albania Illegal Legal Main article: Cannabis in Albania Prohibited but plants highly available throughout the country and law often unenforced. On 21 July 2023 the Albanian Parliament voted 69–23 to legalize medical cannabis. Algeria ...
The Misuse of Drugs Act was passed by the New Zealand Parliament into law in 1975. [1]On 11 December 2018, the Labour-led Coalition Government passed the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Act, which amended the existing law to permit terminally ill patients to use marijuana without risk of prosecution.
Medical organizations that have issued statements in support of allowing access to medical cannabis include the American Nurses Association, [10] American Public Health Association, [144] American Medical Student Association, [145] National Multiple Sclerosis Society, [146] Epilepsy Foundation, [147] and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. [148]
The mountain is not the first of New Zealand's natural feature's to be granted legal personhood. In 2014, the Urewera native forest became the first to gain such status, followed by the Whanganui ...
2013: Romania legalized cannabis for medical use. [83] 2013: Czech Republic legalized cannabis for medical use. [84] [85] 2013: France legalized synthetic-cannabinoids for medical use. [86] [87] 2015: Malta decriminalized cannabis. [88] 2015: Colombia legalized cannabis for medical use. [89] 2015: Croatia legalized synthetic-cannabinoids for ...