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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.
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in New Zealand and the fourth-most widely used recreational drug after caffeine, alcohol and tobacco. [17] The usage by those aged between 16–64 is 13.4%, the ninth-highest level of consumption in the world, [ 1 ] and 15.1% of those who smoked cannabis used it ten times or more per month. [ 17 ]
At a conference in Wellington in 2009, alcohol and drug use was identified, and accepted by the Government, as one of the main drivers of crime in New Zealand. [3] In 2010, American drug court judge, Peggy Hora, was invited to New Zealand by National Party member, Mike Sabin, to run a drug court workshop.
The New Zealand government's National Drug Policy 2007–2012 seeks to reduce the effects of tobacco use by ... Amendment Act 2022 was passed on 13 December 2022, ...
CBT is carried out at roadside checkpoints and by mobile patrols. The police also carry out roadside drug tests upon motorists they suspect have used drugs. [150] The system in New Zealand is age-based. [151] The limits are: Zero for people under twenty years; 0.05% BAC or 250 μg/L breath for people twenty years and over
The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 now repealed, was an act of the New Zealand Parliament that sought to combat smoking by limiting the number of retailers allowed to sell smoked tobacco products; banning the sale of smoked tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009; and discouraging the consumption of smoked tobacco products.
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The Act was brought in as a reaction to widespread concerns [8] over the 2005 deregulation, or decriminalisation, of selling psychoactive substances in New Zealand with the introduction of section 62 in the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2005 and the Misuse of Drugs (Restricted Substances) Regulations 2008. [9]