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Tuari Potiki, Chair of the Board
Director of Maori Development for Otago University

 

Matthew Allen, Deputy Chair
Allen and Clark Policy and Regulatory Specialists
Matthew has a background in public policy  and was the Ministry of Health manager for New Zealand National Drug Policy. He is now consults internationally on tobacco, alcohol, and other drug policy. Matthew is a family man with a wife and two children and he enjoys reading science-fiction and mountain biking.

Matters of Substance article

Untouchable?

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Thirty-seven years into the War on Drugs, the 2012 United Nations World Drug Report says the rate of reported cannabis use in Oceania (essentially Australia and New Zealand) is between 9.1–14.6 percent – the highest in the world. But its possession and use remain illegal. Hundreds of thousands of police hours and more than a $100m a year go into enforcing that. Is it worth it? With the government promising to overhaul drug law during this parliamentary term? Penny Mackay tried to find out.