Pubdate: Thu, 19 Jul 2001
Source: Waikato Times (New Zealand)
Copyright: Waikato & King Country Press Limited 2001
Contact:  http://www.mapinc.org/media/486

CANNABIS CHANGES

Former Youth Affairs Minister Deborah Morris wants a moratorium on 
cannabis arrests and says Parliament should change laws that create 
criminals out of dope-smokers.

Ms Morris in May 2000 co-founded the Coalition for Cannabis Law Reform.

She appeared yesterday before Parliament's health select committee 
that is carrying out an inquiry into cannabis.

The coalition wanted a "consistent regulatory framework" across 
tobacco, alcohol and cannabis and a minimum legal age of 18 for 
cannabis possession and use.
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