GREEN RELIEF

First of all, let’s clear up one thing: medicinal (or medical) cannabis is legal in New Zealand. That isn’t to say you’re free to smoke marijuana because you have a bad back. What it does mean is that the use of cannabis, manufactured to very specific and rigorous quality standards and prescribed by a doctor, is perfectly within the law. But as Dr Mark Hotu, of Auckland’s Green Doctors, explains, there is still a lot of confusion on this matter among the general public.