Two countries and 11 US states have legalised cannabis, but the exact details of laws and regulations varies from place to place. The gist of his recommendations is to allow the sale of higher potency products, keep prices low, and allow the marketing of cannabis. READ MORE:* What NZ can learn from Canada's cannabis experiment* Turning NZ's black market cannabis economy green* Should NZ legalise cannabis? STUFF Costs from alcohol harm amount to $7 billion a year, yet successive New Zealand governments have failed to regulate alcohol marketing. This is a familiar argument from the alcohol corporations in emerging alcohol markets, which use the bugbear of illicit alcohol to lobby governments to liberalise regulations.

Source: Stuff January 08, 2020 16:02 UTC