ALCP on Crime & Justice

The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party wants to make it legal for adults to possess, grow and use cannabis. They say this would reduce crime, free up police to deal with serious offending, and allow cannabis convictions to be wiped from people's records. Money currently spent enforcing cannabis laws would be moved to health and education instead. They also want a minimum of five plants per household and affordable licences for small growers.

• Make possession, cultivation and use of cannabis free from prosecution
• Establish regulated R18 cannabis commerce, like alcohol and tobacco but with no promotional aspects
• Expunge all cannabis convictions and establish a Prohibition truth and reconciliation commission
• Free up police to focus on serious crime by removing cannabis from the criminal law
• Redirect money currently spent on cannabis enforcement into health and education
• Protect against racially loaded enforcement of regulations
• Allow affordable micro licences for existing Kiwi growers and a bare minimum 5 plant per household model

Summarised neutrally from Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party’s own official policy (as at 2026-09-25) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Politika is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Crime & Justice →