A New Zealander's Perspective

"To summarise, New Zealand got dragged into an epic global panic that originated in the US, was imposed globally through US power, has deeply racist roots, resulted in the withdrawal of cannabis and other compounds from the medicine cabinet, transferred the supply of drugs for pleasure-seekers and addicts to organised crime, and is responsible for countless examples of official corruption and personal cruelty."

- Quote from Laila Harré in "The Drug War is Over. Now It's Time to Write the Peace Treaty" in was an Alliance MP from 1996-2002 and a minister in the Labour-Alliance government.