GREENS APPEAL FOR UNIFORM CANNABIS LAWS

The Australian Greens have called for national uniform cannabis laws.

Queensland Senate candidate Drew Hutton has used the pro-cannabis Mardi
Grass festival in Nimbin in northern New South Wales to launch the party's
campaign.

He says it is time to declare the Prime Minister's zero-tolerance to drugs
approach a failure.

He says every state should adopt laws which allow individuals to buy,
possess and grow small quantities of marijuana.

"You remove, as a part of the criminal justice system of this country, you
remove the involvement of the criminal underworld in these sorts of areas
and you remove the problems about criminalising young people," he said.