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New Zealand to hold cannabis referendum in 2020
Source: BBC
New Zealand to hold cannabis referendum in 2020
18 December 2018
New Zealanders will vote on legalising recreational cannabis in a referendum during the 2020 general election, the country's justice minister said.
A vote was promised by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party last year during cross-party talks, which helped to form a coalition government.
It comes a week after lawmakers gave medicinal cannabis the green light.
An opinion poll last year suggested two thirds of New Zealanders favoured legalisation.
"We know when it will be, we have a commitment that it will be binding, and now it is just a question on filling in the detail from there," said Justice Minister Andrew Little, following a decision by the country's cabinet on Monday.
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18 December 2018
New Zealanders will vote on legalising recreational cannabis in a referendum during the 2020 general election, the country's justice minister said.
A vote was promised by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party last year during cross-party talks, which helped to form a coalition government.
It comes a week after lawmakers gave medicinal cannabis the green light.
An opinion poll last year suggested two thirds of New Zealanders favoured legalisation.
"We know when it will be, we have a commitment that it will be binding, and now it is just a question on filling in the detail from there," said Justice Minister Andrew Little, following a decision by the country's cabinet on Monday.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46604305
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