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.
“Up to 20,000 people are convicted for cannabis offences every year in NZ. The unemployed, males and Maori are especially penalized by the law as it stands”
“By taking the criminality out of NZ's most popular and prevalent illicit substance, police will be considerably freed up to contain and prevent real crime.”
“Full expungement of convictions (Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party policy). Apologies must be made for Injustices of Prohibition”
Summarised neutrally from Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party’s own official policy (as at 2026-09-07) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Crime & Justice →
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