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New Zealand-Cops get the message..
Cops get the message on cannabis: figures prove it
Friday, 16 July 2004, 12:46 pm
Press Release: Green Party16 July, 2004
Cops get the message on cannabis – figures prove it
Green MP Nandor Tanczos said today that new government figures demonstrating a continued fall in convictions for minor cannabis offences shows that decriminalisation of cannabis is inevitable.
In response to written parliamentary questions from Nandor to Justice Minster Phil Goff, it was revealed that 1984 people were convicted of cannabis use or possession in 2003, about half the figure recorded for 1993 where it peaked at 3717.
“The New Zealand police are taking a more realistic approach to cannabis.” said Nandor, the Green spokesperson for Cannabis Law Reform.
“Police have driven law reform both in the UK and in Holland, because police recognise that they have more important things to do than arrest people just for cannabis possession.
“It’s time our legislation caught up with the attitude of the New Zealand public and the realisation by police that investigating cannabis offences is a waste of their time.
“I’ve got real concerns for the almost 2000 people who got a conviction last year for a substance that more than half of all New Zealanders have tried,” said Nandor.
“While I support the police continuing to prioritise their work in this way, it does not remove the need for legislative change. Evidence already shows that Maori are seven times more likely to be convicted than their cannabis-smoking Pakeha friends. As long as it’s left to police discretion this is likely to get worse.
“Simply put, no adult should be made a criminal just for personal use of cannabis.”
ENDS
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00280.htm
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5 Replies
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Nu blev jag avundsjuk på min kompis som studerar där. Verkar ju vara så att typ alla röker där nere, tom. hennes världmamma röker som är typ 48.
Mvh.
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Mina polare som bor dar sager att cannabis ar NZ’s andra valuta. Folk far alltsa betalt i gras nar de malar grannens staket och liknande.
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sphincter wrote:Mina polare som bor dar sager att cannabis ar NZ’s andra valuta. Folk far alltsa betalt i gras nar de malar grannens staket och liknande.
Inte illa! Kanske skulle tipsa min chef om detta, om hon ber mig stanna kvar längre nån dag?
😉Jag har hört är att NZ är det land i världen där det röks mest. RNS:aren Pelle Olsson tar upp detta i boken “Stenad”. Och varför skulle då inte tom 80-90-åringar röka därnere då?
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Jag och 3 kompisar åker till Nya Zeeland i ett år.. inte alls långt tills planet brummar ifrån Sverige.
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Det här är ju skitbra!
Kan tänka mig att CB avkriminaliseras i Nya Zeeland om bara några år!
