New Zealand's marijuana legalization referendum picks up major backer

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is supporting the nation's binding 2020 referendum on ending cannabis prohibition. In an opinion piece published in the United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper titled "Cannabis prohibition doesn't work anywhere; It's New Zealand's turn to legalize it," Clark urged voters to make New Zealand the first Group of 20 nation in Oceania to legalize marijuana. "The time has come for New Zealand to face up to the widespread use and supply of cannabis in the cou...