Specific research used to estimate potential social harm of cannabis
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From: Mark Hanna
Dear New Zealand Police,
In response to an official information request by David Johnston (ref: AFS 17/241), Detective Superintendent Tim Anderson said "The estimates of potential social harm are based on independent research which is freely available on the internet."
This response is available on the FYI website here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5197/response...
Unfortunately, the response did not specify where this research, upon which NZ Police's estimate that the potential social harm of 132,356 cannabis plants was $1,052,485,000 was based, could be found.
Please identify the titles and authors' names of the specific piece(s) of research referred to in this response, and tell me where those specific piece(s) of research can be found.
I would be happy to be given either a link to where they are freely available on the internet, or a digital copy of the research (for example, in PDF format).
If any aspect of this request is not clear, please don't hesitate to contact me before providing the information.
Sincerely,
Mark Hanna
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Dear Mr Hanna
On behalf of the Commissioner I acknowledge receipt of your Official
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You requested the following information:
In response to an official information request by David Johnston (ref: AFS
17/241), Detective Superintendent Tim Anderson said "The estimates of
potential social harm are based on independent research which is freely
available on the internet."
This response is available on the FYI website here:
[1] https://fyi.org.nz/request/5197/response...
Unfortunately, the response did not specify where this research, upon
which NZ Police's estimate that the potential social harm of 132,356
cannabis plants was $1,052,485,000 was based, could be found.
Please identify the titles and authors' names of the specific piece(s) of
research referred to in this response, and tell me where those specific
piece(s) of research can be found.
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Official information Act
1982.
Yours sincerely
[2]New Zealand Raewyn Thomson
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
Table 16 of the cited research report (http://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/d...) breaks down an estimate of the social costs of illegal drugs per kilogram consumed, which I assume is what NZ Police used to create their estimates as other numbers are most on a per-user basis.
For cannabis, the estimated social cost per kg consumed in the research report is $47,000.
Using this estimate, the social cost of $1,052,485,000, as estimated by NZ Police, would be for 22,393 kg of cannabis. At 132,356 cannabis plants, this comes to an average of 169 g per plant.
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This request is a follow-up to a nearly identical request I had made earlier, which was misinterpreted and subsequently refused by New Zealand Police. The original request can be found here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/5312-research...
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