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Radio NZ: Medicinal cannabis could be available in Cook Islands next month

Leading the marijuana news this week, Cook Island leaders say medicinal cannabis products could be available to some people in the Cook Islands as early as June and will “definitely” be available by the end of the year.

Radio New Zealand reported yesterday that the country’s secretary of health, Bob Williams, said changes needed to be made to existing legislation, but in the meantime, the Ministry of Health would tell its pharmacy board to licence pharmacies to import cannabis products for patients. His rather optimistic assessment is that process “shouldn’t be any time longer than after June”.

The Pacific Island nation (in free association with New Zealand) held a referendum last August in which sixty-two percent of respondents said yes to: “Should we review our cannabis laws to allow for research and medicinal use?”

At the time Prime Minister Mark Brown promised quick action, but then formed a committee. Medicinal cannabis campaigner Steve Boggs said progress had been too slow and urged a “stop-gap” measure to allow designated growers to cultivate cannabis while the law was being changed. Cook Island officials are…

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