this is what bugs me. i can choose to get totally drunk. why can't i choose to get stoned?
my actions after getting drunk, or after (hypothetically;) getting stoned are also my choice.
there are ways of testing for cannabis, same as there are for alcohol.
as for the $$$ for government, and as NZ's climate is the one of the best in the world for growing pot outdoors... imagine the money a hemp industry would bring in to this country. literally billions. how much is our government in debt? i also note that smoking strains of cannabis grown just for hemp do not get you stoned, they have such a low THC content that there would be no point in smoking it. a lot of the money from alcohol are going to overseas companies. a pot industry would see money directly into the pockets of the lowly north island farmer, instead of into the pockets of already rich alcohol companies.
i retract my statements about anti legalisers being idiots. you're right it's not a good way to debate. misled, i think is a better word... 8)