Two of New Zealand's former leaders Helen Clark and Paula Bennett have opened up on their cannabis usage ahead of the referendum this election.
While they sit on different sides of the vote, there's one thing they have in common - they've both tried it.
Speaking to Newshub's national correspondent Patrick Gower for Newshub's The Cannabis Question debate, former Deputy Prime Minister Bennett admitted trying it when she was young.
"I've consumed socially when I was probably in my late teens, or early 20s. Less than a handful of times," Bennett said.
"Half a century ago when I was a student. There wasn't a party you went to where it wasn't handed around," former Prime Minister Clark responded for her part.
"That's the reality, and that's why the figures say that up to 80 percent of Kiwis at some point have touched it. Our PM said this the other night. That is the reality."
Clark's response shows how far the debate over cannabis in society has moved on. In the lead-up to the 1999 election, Clark - who was then leader of the Opposition - refused to say if she had even put a joint in her mouth.
"Do you want to bring politics to this level?" Clark asked interviewer Paul Holmes during a debate with then-Prime Minister Jenny Shipley.
"Look, I attended university in the late 1960s. It would be foolish for any politician or indeed person around circles in those areas to deny that they ever saw it."
Meanwhile, current Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admitted she has used cannabis in a fiery Leaders' Debate with National rival Judith Collins.
Collins said she had never used the drug, while Ardern - speaking openly about her experience for the first time - said she had "a long time ago".
