New Zealanders will vote on legalising recreational cannabis in a referendum during the 2020 general election.
This was confirmed by New Zealand’s Justice Minister Andrew Little.
A vote was promised by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party last year during cross‑party talks, which helped to form a coalition government. It comes a week after lawmakers gave medicinal cannabis the green light.
An opinion poll last year suggested two thirds of New Zealanders favoured legalisation.
[Source: BBC]
