High as a Kiwi

• Autores: Michael Slezak
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2959, 2014, págs. 40-45
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Slezak reports about New Zealand's experiments on drug prohibition. The trials are the result of a radical shake-up in drug policy in New Zealand. Last year its government passed a law that will allow new recreational drugs to be sold openly as long as they meet certain safety standards. This doesn't mean that New Zealand is legalizing drugs: far from it. Existing illegal drugs won't change their status. Nevertheless, the law is a decisive break with prohibition, a policy that has had a stranglehold on international drug enforcement for more than 50 years.