In failing to fast-track measures to control marijuana use in NZ, current government policy continues blindly to predispose young people towards the at risk category for suicide. While the use of marijuana is often implicated in suicide, we feel that the the law has an awful lot to answer for. An encounter with cannabis law can ruin a young person s future. The law breeds fear, resentment and mistrust. The law forces drug use underground and divides communities.
Enforcement is heavily biased against men, people on low incomes, and Maori.