Nueva Zelanda: una encuesta revela que la reforma de la ley en materia de cannabis cuenta con un ‘fuerte apoyo’

La mayoría de las personas encuestadas considera que la posesión de cannabis para uso personal se debe despenalizar (37 %) o legalizar (28 %). Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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Public support for cannabis law reform in New Zealand is as strong as ever, the NZ Drug Foundation says, citing poll results.

Of those questioned, 65 per cent believed possessing cannabis for personal use should be legalised (28 per cent) or decriminalised (37 per cent).

Foundation executive director Ross Bell says the split matches a survey a year ago when 64 per cent were in favour of change.

"The current system is broken," he said.

"Getting a criminal conviction for possessing cannabis ruins peoples' lives and creates huge downstream costs for society."

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