The Cannabis Referendum: Scientific information to Inform Your Voting

“How does cannabis use affect New Zealanders’ health?
As the general election draws closer, so too does a referendum on legalising cannabis.
The issue has long been debated, often on moral or political grounds rather than scientific.
Professor Richie Poulton is the director of the Dunedin Study which follows the lives of 1037 people born between April 1972 and March 1973.
Based on data from this study, and also the similar Christchurch study, he has co-written a report on the health impacts of recreational cannabis use here in New Zealand. He hopes it will help inform voters, whichever way they vote.”

• Listen to an interview with Professor Poulton by Kim Hill:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018749540/how-does-cannabis-use-affect-new-zealanders-health

• Read the scientific report written
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2020.1750435