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NORML, Peter Dunne and Family First all agree patients should have more access to effective medicinal cannabis. The question is How?
Instead of wasting time and money on years of pharmaceutical-level testing, NORML says we should follow the Australian approach, treat it as a herbal remedy, and immediately allow compassionate access.
A TVNZ poll last weekend showed an increase in support for medicinal cannabis, and Associate Minister of Health Peter Dunne said if medicinal cannabis is effective, he will back it:
"If those products are shown as a result of the normal testing programme to be fit for purpose then we will permit them to be made available in New Zealand"
The conservative group Family First has also called for changes to our policies around medicinal cannabis, but wants to wait for more research.
"The delaying tactic of 'more research' is blocking access for those who need it...
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