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    A cannabis researcher has entered the debate on cannabis laws

    A cannabis researcher has entered the debate on cannabis laws


    A binding referendum on personal use of cannabis will be held at the 2020 general election.

    Associate Professor Joseph Boden from Otago University's Department of Psychological Medicine, has studied the use of cannabis among participants in at study of 1265 children born in Christchurch in 1977.

    By 35, almost 80 percent of participants had used cannabis at some point.

    Boden says the first step could be to decriminalise the drug, so one of the barriers to people getting help is removed.

    © 2024 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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