Is Martin saying the NZ government's alcohol regulation doesn't aim to control supply because they allow home brewing?
"... [proposing] letting people grow the stuff [cannabis] at home was a mistake. Controlling supply should be the ultimate aim of any drug policy."
- #MartinVanBeynen, Senior Investigations Reporter at #Stuff
https://i.stuff.co.nz/opinion/124856238/time-to-smoke-the-cannabis-referendum
"A black market for cheaper, more potent cannabis would still exist ..."
Not if you allow limited home growing. People who want a stronger or cheaper supply would just grow their own. Combined this with licensed growing and the black market demand for cannabis would be about what is now for alcohol.
That would also require liberalisation of GMO regulations as most of high-THC strains were created with mutation breeding and similar techniques 😁
