TVNZ One News 11 June 2020
Our additional comment: The ad claims that people who could benefit from medicinal cannabis could get much better access. Dr Kate Baddock, chairwoman of the New Zealand Medical Association, has called the claims “rubbish”. “It’s a completely misleading statement,” she told 1 NEWS. Bill Hodge, an Auckland University law professor, agrees. “This new proposal on which we’re having the referendum has nothing to do with medicinal cannabis and I don’t think the ad should have that reference,” he says. That’s because medicinal cannabis is already legal and has been prescribed in New Zealand since April.
Complaints are piling up over a brand new pro-cannabis campaign funded by the Drug Foundation.
Launched on multiple platforms a week ago, it calls on New Zealanders to vote yes to legalising cannabis at a referendum in September.
However, critics say the advertisement is inaccurate and possibly misleading.
It’s the first step in a battle the Drug Foundation is desperate to win, but one of the claims in the new ad has hit a sour note with some close observers.
The ad claims that people who could benefit from medicinal cannabis could get much better access.
Dr Kate Baddock, chairwoman of the New Zealand Medical Association, has called the claims “rubbish”.
“It’s a completely misleading statement,” she told 1 NEWS.
Bill Hodge, an Auckland University law professor, agrees.
“This new proposal on which we’re having the referendum has nothing to do with medicinal cannabis and I don’t think the ad should have that reference,” he says.
READ MORE: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/complaints-pile-up-following-drug-foundations-vote-yes-cannabis-campaign
