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Referendum: the details

16:20 pm on 8 May 2019

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The Government has announced the details for the 2020 cannabis referendum, with voters facing a simple yes/no question based on draft legislation.

The minimum age for buying and using will be 20 and they will be regulations for commercial supply and growth.

Associate Professor Chris Wilkins is the leader of the drug research team at SHORE & Whariki Research Centre. He tells us what this will mean if passed.