Grow up and Legalise Cannabis, New Zealand

The fact cannabis isn't legalised is perplexing for many reasons.

Let me start with the perception that legalisation will throw our country into ruin and lead to our children being hopeless drug addicts. This sort of talk comes from people who may mean well, but have a loose grip on the reality of the situation.

I recently visited Denver, Colorado in the United States, where cannabis has been legal in the city since 2005 and state-wide since 2013, and I actively sought information on the transition.

What Colorado has now is an orderly, well-regulated system and a cannabis industry of responsible tax-paying employers that have added a considerable amount of funds to state coffers.

Stoned people are not falling about the place and children are not exposed to an evil drug culture. Adults who prefer cannabis to alcohol have the opportunity to partake without falling foul of the law.

Are there people...

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