Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown talks about his private member's bill which aims to crack down on the sellers of synthetic drugs. A Members Bill that would have dished out harsher penalties to dealers of synthetic drugs, has been voted down 56-64. National MP Simeon Brown's bill aimed to increase the penalty for selling or supplying psychoactive substances, with a blanket 14-year maximum sentence, without any bureaucratic process. CHRIS HARROWELL/STUFF National MP Simeon Brown’s bill was voted down on Wednesday. Blanket penalties were required to get the synthetic drugs off the streets and his Bill would have done that, he said.

Source: Stuff May 22, 2019 07:48 UTC