Policy Summary
If elected to Parliament, The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party will pass legislation to:
- End criminal penalties for cannabis
- Legalise possession and use of cannabis
- Legalise cannabis growing
- Legalise medical cannabis sales
- Legalise recreational sales of cannabis
- Deregulate industrial hemp
- Fund public services
End criminal penalties
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party will enact the following steps to end the prohibition of cannabis:
- Establish a moratorium on cannabis related arrests.
- Discharge all pending cannabis related charges.
- Discharge all existing sentences for cannabis charges.
- Quash historical cannabis convictions.
- Remove criminal penalties for cannabis from the law.
Legalise possession and use
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party will enact the following steps to legalise the personal use of cannabis:
- Legalise the possession of cannabis by anyone over 18.
- Legalise the use of cannabis by anyone over 18
- Legalise the use of cannabis utensils.
Legalise cannabis growing
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party will enact the following steps to legalise the personal production and trade of cannabis:
- Legalise the cultivation of cannabis by anyone over 18.
- Legalise the social dealing of home grown cannabis.
Legalise medical cannabis
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party will enact the following steps to legalise the medical cannabis industry:
- Allow doctors to issue patients with 'medpot' cards
- Allow patients or their caregiver to grow or buy medicical cannabis.
- Allow licenced corporations to sell medical cannabis to medpot card holders.
- Allow licenced corporations to grow and produce medical cannabis.
- Allow licenced corporations to export medical cannabis and derived products.
Legalise commercial sales
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party will enact the following steps to legalise the recreational cannabis industry:
- Allow adults to buy cannabis from recreational dispensaries.
- Allow licenced dispensaries to sell cannabis to anyone over 18.
- Allow licenced dispensaries to buy cannabis from wholesalers.
Legalise commercial growing
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party will enact the following steps to legalise the commerical cannabis production:
- Allow licenced corporations to grow cannabis.
- Allow licenced corporations to sell cannabis to dispensaries
Deregulate industrial hemp
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party will enact the following steps to deregulate the hemp indstry:
- Remove licence requirements for industrial hemp.
- Allow anyone to grow industrial hemp without a licence.
- Invest in infrastructure projects for the hemp industry.
Fund public services
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party will enact the following steps to generate public revenue:
- Tax all companies involved in the medical cannabis industry at the usual rate.
- Tax all companies involved in the recreational cannabis industry at the usual rate.
- Tax all companies involved in the hemp industry at the usual rate.
- Direct tax revenue from cannabis to schools, hospitals and other public services.
- Fund drug education and research initiatives.