What you want v What the major parties want > Today’s issue: Legalising cannabis in the NT

WHAT you, the voter, wants v What the major parties want. Today’s issue: LEGALISING CANNABIS. Find out what the parties’ stances on legalising cannabis in the NT are, and then tell us what you think. VOTE IN OUR POLL >>

What do you think? Should cannabis be legalised in the Territory as it has been in the ACT?

THE NT election this week is shaping up to be one of the tightest races on record.

The three major parties — Labor, the CLP and Territory Alliance — have revealed some of their policies in the run-up to polling day, but they are yet to reveal where they stand on many hot button issues.

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The NT News online site, ntnews.com.au, will help fill in some of the gaps for you by asking each of the parties where they stand on one particular issue — one that Territorians have had strong opinions on in the past — each day until the election,

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We will also ask you, our readers, the same question so that you can voice your own opinion on the matter in online poll to gauge how the parties think compared to how the average voter thinks.

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Today’s topic: LEGALISING CANNABIS IN THE NT

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ALP

Territory Labor leader Michael Gunner. Picture: Che Chorley

Q. It has been about a year since the ACT legalised the possession and use of cannabis. Is Labor in favour of doing the same here and legalising cannabis in the NT?

A. No

Q. Explain Labor’s policy on legalising cannabis possession and use in the Territory

A. Territory Labor does not have plans to legalise recreational cannabis.

This is a position supported by the AMA NT.

There is no NT legislation restricting the access to medicinal cannabis with a medical prescription.

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CLP

CLP leader Lia Finocchiaro. Picture Katrina Bridgeford

Q. It has been about a year since the ACT legalised the possession and use of cannabis. Is the CLP in favour of doing the same here and legalising cannabis in the NT?

A. No

Q. Explain the CLP’s policy on legalising cannabis possession and use in the Territory

A. The CLP has no plans to legalise cannabis for personal or recreational use, but is supportive of cannabis for medicinal purposes.

Medicinal cannabis has been proven as an effective treatment for certain conditions and a new CLP Government would further explore the regulatory approach surrounding it.

TERRITORY ALLIANCE

Territory Alliance leader Terry Mills. Picture: Glenn Campbell

Q. It has been about a year since the ACT legalised the possession and use of cannabis. Is Territory Alliance in favour of doing the same here and legalising cannabis in the NT?

A. No

Q. Explain Territory Alliance’s policy on legalising cannabis possession and use in the Territory

A. Territory Alliance is not legalising cannabis. Our policy is to support a Medicinal Cannabis industry.

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