Our current drug laws are harmful, according to a group of experts who want to see the Misuse of Drugs Act overhauled

***A push to legalise all drugs in New Zealand hasn’t come from stoners and the strung out - it’s backed by 155 academics and experts who say the current regime doesn’t work ***

AKA common sense

  • BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz
    4·
    1 month ago

    Even if we were to change our drug policies you can be sure you can be sure it won’t be an overhaul but minuscule chipping away at the edges.

    Despite our reputation to the contrary this country is way too conservative to overhaul our drug policies.

    • AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz
      3·
      1 month ago

      I thought this was a sad closing paragraph:

      “But if we keep asking the questions, and we keep agitating and we keep presenting the evidence, then hopefully we will get some traction sometime.”