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New.Zealand: Govt. To Crack Down On 'Legal Cannabis' DEBBIE JAMIESON The Southland Times Wednesday 30 Mar 2011 Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said yesterday the Government would restrict access to the products and make it illegal to sell them to under 18-year-olds. He was following the advice of the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs, which concluded it was unacceptable for the products to be available without controls on their packaging, marketing and sale. However, an Invercargill mum who spoke to The Southland Times about the effects the product Kronic had on her 17-year-old son last year said that would hardly change the situation. Most companies had voluntarily imposed an R18 classification and the sale of the product in pre-rolled joints to under-18s was already an offence under the Smoke Free Environment Act. "That's not going to stop anybody getting it who isn't already getting it," she said. She wanted it banned. Mr Dunne's press secretary, Mark Stewart, said that any restrictions so far had been an act of goodwill and this step would give clear legal boundaries. Mr Dunne would not seek to have the substance banned. The Invercargill woman said parts of the Government's move were a step in the right direction and she hoped producers would be forced to list the ingredients. " I want to know what's in it that makes his eyes look like they're black holes looking at me." Mr Dunne said an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2005 was required to impose the planned restrictions. He expected the changes to come into effect next year. KEY FACTS The products: Spice, Kronic, Aroma and Dream and others. What they contain: Vegetable matter treated with synthetic cannabinomimetic substances. What they do: Produce psychoactive effects similar to those of cannabis when smoked. What will change: Cannabinomimetic substances will be added to the restricted substances schedule. Restrictions that can be imposed under the Misuse of Drugs Act: Minimum purchase age of 18 Prohibitions on free-of-charge distribution Restricted advertising Prohibitions on selling such products from places where minors gather Requirements for warning labels Requirements to state the synthetic cannabinomimetic substances they contain on the packet Restrictions that all products be sold in child resistant containers http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4829773/Govt-to-crack-down-on-legal-cannabis
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