Indigenous people in Aotearoa New Zealand are overrepresented in cannabis convictions

• Main Authors: Wetini Rapana (Author), Taylor Winter (Author), Ririwai Fox (Author), Benjamin C. Riordan (Author), Rajas Kulkarni (Author), Waikaremoana Waitoki (Author), Damian Scarf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Previous work has demonstrated that cannabis laws have had a disproportionate impact on Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2019, the New Zealand Government amended cannabis laws, providing police with the power to determine whether a therapeutic or health-c...