In the wake of United States President Joe Biden pardoning all ‘simple possession’ cannabis charges for thousands of Americans, Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick makes her case for why New Zealand should do the same. Subscribe to Re: http://bit.ly/subscribe-re

“In the last year alone, 44% of cannabis convictions were applied to Māori. 

“With the whole population being 15% Māori, you can come to see how this discrimination is really playing out.”

This is the first installment of our new series ‘In My Opinion’.

Re: makes videos, articles and podcasts about the things that matter to young people in Aotearoa. Check out: https://www.renews.co.nz/
Follow Re: on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renewsnz/
Follow Re: on Twitter: https://twitter.com/renews_nz
Follow Re: on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/renewsnz/

source