New Zealand's government on Tuesday passed a law that will make medical marijuana widely available for thousands of patients over time. The legislation will also allow terminally ill patients to begin smoking illegal pot immediately without facing the possibility of prosecution. The new law allows patients much broader access to medical marijuana, which was previously highly restricted. The law will also allow medical marijuana products to be manufactured in New Zealand for both domestic and overseas markets. Reti said the new law amounted to decriminalizing marijuana by stealth.

Source: ABC News December 11, 2018 05:06 UTC