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All parties on Health
Health · Party position

ALCP on Health

Legalise cannabis to improve health access and harm reduction

The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party says legalising cannabis would help health by following harm reduction principles, allowing people to grow medicinal cannabis at home, and improving drug education. They say money currently spent on cannabis law enforcement could be redirected to health and education. They also want safer ways of using cannabis, like vaporisers, to be promoted, and hemp seed added to food options for its nutritional value.

What they say they'll do

  • Follow harm reduction principles for cannabis regulation with adults-only (R18) rules
  • Allow home growing of medicinal cannabis and access to prescribed therapeutic cannabis preparations
  • Promote safer consumption methods such as vaporisation and mouth sprays
  • Redirect money from cannabis law enforcement into health and education
  • Improve credibility of drug education by removing double standards between cannabis and alcohol/tobacco
  • Put hemp seed, described as nutritionally rich, onto the food menu

Who this affects

People who use cannabis for medicinal purposes
The party proposes allowing home-grown medicinal cannabis and prescribed therapeutic cannabis preparations, which would affect how medicinal users access cannabis.
Young people
The party says credible, harm-reduction-based drug education, made possible by removing legal double standards, would be directed at young people to discourage use among minors.
General public
The party says funds redirected from cannabis law enforcement would go toward health and education services available to the wider community.

In their own words

“Follow harm reduction principles and evidence on best practice. specifies 'adults only' regulation (R18).”
“Our policy provides for home grown medicinal marijuana, as well as prescribed therapeutic cannabis preparations. Legalising will promote safe-use modes such as vaporization and mouth sprays.”
“Money currently misappropriated into crime creation via drug-law enforcement will be much better spent in the health and education sectors.”
Verify at Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party — official policy page

Summarised neutrally from Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party’s own official policy (as at 2026-07-16) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Health →

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