It would be fantastic if New Zealand decriminalized drugs.
"But the [New Zealand] government is also amending its Misuse of Drugs Act to specify that police “should not prosecute for possession and personal use where a therapeutic approach would be more beneficial, or there is no public interest in a prosecution.”
The reform policies represent an immediate response, but government leaders also said that formal decriminalization, as recommended earlier this month by the New Zealand Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry, is still under consideration."
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-zealand-government-tells-police-not-to-prosecute-people-for-drug-possession/
"But the [New Zealand] government is also amending its Misuse of Drugs Act to specify that police “should not prosecute for possession and personal use where a therapeutic approach would be more beneficial, or there is no public interest in a prosecution.”
The reform policies represent an immediate response, but government leaders also said that formal decriminalization, as recommended earlier this month by the New Zealand Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry, is still under consideration."
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-zealand-government-tells-police-not-to-prosecute-people-for-drug-possession/