Former leader of United Future, Peter Dunne has called out the National Party for only putting forward a medicinal cannabis bill once they were 'in the safety' of opposition.
"In government they were frankly too scared - they were really paranoid about the potential impact any change in this area...would have on their rural and provincial support base. They didn't want to be seen as soft on these things. That was their prevailing mindset.
"I am frustrated that now they're in the comfort of opposition, the impotence of opposition, they think this is a good course of action to take," he told Newshub Nation on Friday.
National pulled support for the Government's Medical Cannabis bill and put forward their own last month, citing concern over a lack of specificity in Labour's version.
Mr Dunne believes National live in hope they won't have to follow through on their proposals.
"I suspect they probably hope they never actually have to implement it."
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