#racheljudkins — Public Fediverse posts
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"Projections for the Ministry of Justice estimated that the government could generate $923 million each year from licence fees, corporate and income tax, excise tax and GST from the [cannabis] product itself."
#RachelJudkins, 2024
"... National promised to spend $280 million on 13 new cancer treatments... funding was not allocated in last week's Budget..."
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"Back in 2013, the New Zealand Treasury estimated that a change in the legal status of marijuana would reduce spending on drug enforcement here by $180million."
#RachelJudkins, 2024
"Nicola Willis has banished at least eight programmes to fiscal purgatory, including $120m in funding needed to keep the lights on at NZ Police."
https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/31/critical-police-funding-dangling-over-fiscal-cliff/
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But we can't legalise recreational supply of cannabis, think of the children! Oh wait...
"Education campaigns may be partly responsible for young people delaying experimenting with the drug with the most recent Canadian Cannabis Survey showing that the average age of starting cannabis use went up from 18.9 years in 2018 to 20.8 years in 2023."
#RachelJudkins, 2024