Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz purrtastic @lemmy.nz 2 mo. ago

Overhauling our drug policies

www.rnz.co.nz Overhauling our drug policies

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

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National will never do anything like this. Even weed. A total non-starter.
- Yes, but don't let the National party be the limit of thinking about what's possible. They won't be in govt forever
  
  It is very rare to only get one term. So we're looking at another 6 years, minimum.
  
  It's going to feel like forever 😉
- Of course. They want more people in prison.
You can donate or join here: https://hrca.nz/join
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.
- 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."
  
  Hopefully :(

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