Vince McLeod's blog

For better or worse, the perception exists amongst many Kiwi cannabis law reform activists that only by voting ALCP or Green can one realistically effect a change. The commitment of the ALCP to cannabis law reform is without question, because the party has no other reason to exist. But what of the Greens?

The dirtiest trick used by prohibitionists is to point out harms that are related to cannabis and blame cannabis for them, when the damage is really caused by prohibition. This article looks at four of the worst examples of this rhetoric.

MYTH 1: Cannabis is anti-social.

When arguing for cannabis law reform, every activist sooner or later comes up against the Gateway Drug Theory. This states that cannabis use leads to the consumption of harder, more dangerous and addictive drugs as the drug user searches for an ever greater hit.