Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Cannabis referendum: Narrow support for legalisation in latest poll

MMP News AuthorOctober 5, 2020

Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 9:55 amArticle: RNZ Cannabis advocates say a new survey shows the drug could be on track to become legal but a narrow margin makes the outcome uncertain. Opinion polls had shown support for the bill – being voted on in a referendum – dropping over this ... Read More

Hard News: Cannabis: legalisation versus decriminalisation

MMP News AuthorOctober 4, 2020

One thing I’ve been hearing fairly regularly, usually from more conservative voters, is that they’re wary of voting “yes” for legalisation and regulation of cannabis, but that they’d definitely get behind decriminalisation if that was on offer. I think most of them are sincere in saying so, and I understand ... Read More

Election 2020: If Jacinda Ardern supports cannabis legalisation, she should say so

MMP News AuthorSeptember 27, 2020

OPINION: Jacinda Ardern shows every sign of being a liberal. She’s voted for same-sex marriage, euthanasia legalisation, and pushed forwards the liberalisation of abortion laws in Government. On the drug front, she pushed for medicinal cannabis both in Government and Opposition, supports drug testing in festivals, and has all-but admitted ... Read More

Senator Ledama Olekina visits marijuana farm, calls for legalisation

MMP News AuthorSeptember 22, 2020

“Why is it that we in Kenya we are still stuck with the old ways of saying this is an illegal drug?” Narok County Senator Ledama Olekina has called for the legalisation of marijuana in Kenya, citing the plant’s economic and health benefits. In a video shared on twitter, the ... Read More