• Is New Zealand on the verge of welcoming a new round of drug prohibition?

    Is New Zealand on the verge of welcoming a new round of drug prohibition?

    Just as we see encouraging signs that prohibitionists are starting to understand that drug prohibition is the primary cause of harm from nonmedical drug use–with new initiatives at home and abroad to decriminalize illicit drug use–policymakers in New Zealand are about to add a widely used drug to the prohibited list: tobacco.