OPINION: I was one of the 1,406,973 people who voted yes in the cannabis referendum. Kent Blechynden/Stuff The cannabis law reform movement wants drug laws to reflect changing attitudes of the public. The “extremely close” referendum had “obscured” the consensus among the vast majority who participated in the cannabis debate, it said. Instead, they are trying to sideline the cannabis referendum by calling for wider drug reform through an overhaul of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. Many people would have been relieved the referendum parked the debate about drug reform for a while.

Source: Stuff April 16, 2021 16:52 UTC