Cannabis policy in Australia and New Zealand

FRANÇAIS :
L'Australie et la Nouvelle Zélande sont deux pays signataires des conventions internationales considérant la culture, le trafic, la possession et l'usage de cannabis comme illicites. Les stratégies de lutte comprennent des mesures de réduction de la demande (renforcement des législations, prévention, traitement), des mesures de réduction de l'offre (éradication des cultures)... et des mesures de réduction des risques. Dans certains états d'Australie, la dépénalisation du cannabis est officielle, un autre état applique une dépénalisation de fait. On observe toutefois un retour en arrière et des tendances prohibitionistes dans les dernières mesures politiques.
ENGLISH :
Australia and New Zealand are bound by international conventions to control cannabis use, possession, cultivation and supply. In both countries, supply is grown locally and patterns of use are similar. Strategies used to deal with cannabis include: demand reduction, supply reduction and harm reduction. In Australia, the formal decriminalization of cannabis use exists in two states and a de facto decriminalization in another. Australia has had a co-ordinated national drug policy with a stated harm reduction focus for over a decade, while New Zealand efforts are currently being finalized, after been delated by debates about cannabis's harm potential. Despite these developments, government cut-backs and international and local prohibitionists influences on policy in both countries suggest that a harm reduction model may not necessarily be secure. (From authors' abstract)