Medicinal cannabis users ‘frantic’ after NZ Post dobs in prominent supplier

Hundreds of patients are searching for a new source of medicine after NZ Post reported their dealer to police.

Medicinal cannabis patients are running low on supplies after a prominent dealer was arrested for sending drugs through the post.

His arrest has left terminally ill Kiwis scrambling to find new sources for the plant product they say helps relieve their pain and make life bearable.

“We’re trying to find medicine so that we can survive,” said Joan Cowie, a 64-year-old Aucklander who has stage four lung cancer.

NZ Post said it had “a zero tolerance policy for illegal items being sent through our network”.

“We’re frantic, really.”