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After the last 'summer of terrible drugs' it's time to make NZ's temporary drug checking law permanent

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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With the summer music festival season approaching (COVID willing), hopes are high that the current temporary recreational drug checking law will become permanent. If and when that happens, New Zealand will take another small step down the long drug reform road from criminalisation to harm prevention.

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