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A South Canterbury MP has rebuffed campaigners' claims New Zealand drug laws encourage the use of illegal synthetic cannabis.
MP for Waitaki, National's Jacqui Dean, rejected the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party's claim people were being "forced to synthetics" on Thursday.
In a written statement, the party said "the black market has made safer natural alternatives too hard to find for many people".
Waimate man Eli Ward revealed on January 16 he kicked a five year synthetic cannabis addiction only by working on fishing boats. He said his habit started when he and his friends ran out of cannabis and used a synthetic substitute instead.
Ward estimated there were hundreds of "fulltime smokers" in the region.
Party leader Julian Crawford said synthetic cannabis was "far more dangerous" than cannabis, and its use was the result of "poor Government policy".
Dean said the Government had no plans to change laws prohibiting cannabis.
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