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The Misuse of Drugs Act was passed by the New Zealand Parliament into law in 1975. [1]On 11 December 2018, the Labour-led Coalition Government passed the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Act, which amended the existing law to permit terminally ill patients to use marijuana without risk of prosecution.
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in New Zealand and the fourth-most widely used recreational drug after caffeine, alcohol and tobacco. [17] The usage by those aged between 16–64 is 13.4%, the ninth-highest level of consumption in the world, [1] and 15.1% of those who smoked cannabis used it ten times or more per month. [17]
The Act was brought in as a reaction to widespread concerns [8] over the 2005 deregulation, or decriminalisation, of selling psychoactive substances in New Zealand with the introduction of section 62 in the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2005 and the Misuse of Drugs (Restricted Substances) Regulations 2008. [9]
Possession of any amount of recreational cannabis is illegal in New Zealand. Cannabis use is controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 and the maximum sentence for possession of cannabis is 3 months' imprisonment or a $500 fine; although there is a preference against imprisonment. [18]
New Zealand: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: In New Zealand, psilocybin and psilocine are class A drugs, putting them in the highest class of illicit compounds along with heroin and LSD. The 'Misuse of drugs act 1975' lists 'Conocybe, Panaeolus, or Psilocybe' species specifically. [84] Norway: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal
UN World Drug Report 2016. In Peru, coca-bush cultivation jumped 44% between 2000 and 2011. While cultivation fell 31% between 2011 and 2014 (back to 2000 levels), it still accounts for 32% of ...
Illegal: Illegal: Illegal [11] New Zealand Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Legal: Mescaline is a Class A drug, and so cacti containing it can only be grown ornamentally. [12]
Just over a year ago, New Zealand customs officials started to intercept batches of injectable medications labelled Fitaro and Orsema, developed by a little-known Bangladeshi drugmaker, Incepta ...