No need for drug testing on animals

The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party says natural Cannabis should be included in the psychoactive substances legislation because it doesn't need to be tested on animals.

Over 40 years of comprehensive human trials have already been done, without a single recorded fatality.

Since Nixon launched the War on Drugs in 1972, Cannabis use in New Zealand and other western nations has increased dramatically, causing many leading figures, including Kofi Annan and Richard Branson, to declare the the Drug War a failure.

"It is untenable that one drug will be a criminal offence while possession of a synthetic variant of that drug will be a civil offence," ALCP deputy Mike Britnell said.

"Far more is known about that safety profile of natural Cannabis than all the novel synthetic substances combined. Scientists are even recommending natural Cannabis as a means to treat synthetic cannabinoid addiction."

Mr Britnell said that if natural cannabis was required to treat addiction, then a legal pathway must be established, otherwise scientists were encouraging young people to break the law.

"Including natural Cannabis in the Psychoactive Substances Bill, as recommended by Labour MP Iain Lees-Galloway, would solve this problem," he said.

"There would be no need to drug hundreds of puppies, we have 400,000 willing volunteers to test weed in New Zealand."

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