Pubdate: Tue, 05 Jun 2001
Source: Dominion, The (New Zealand)
Copyright: 2001 The Dominion
Contact:  http://www.inl.co.nz/wnl/dominion/index.html
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/128
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MAYORS MISSING POINT - MP

The country's district mayors have got the "wrong end of the stick" 
on the cannabis inquiry, says Rotorua MP Steve Chadwick.

Rotorua Mayor Grahame Hall is one of 46 mayors opposing the 
decriminalisation of cannabis, and presented a submission to 
Parliament's health select committee inquiry last week.

But Ms Chadwick said the inquiry's purpose was to look at the 
minimisation of harm of cannabis, not debate whether to decriminalise 
it. The mayors seemed to be reacting to hype from opposition MPs that 
the outcome of the inquiry was already decided.
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