Inside Parliament, our weekly look politics, discusses the hotly-debated topic of medicinal cannabis.
It comes after National Party leader Simon Bridges confirmed they would be pulling support for the Government's medicinal cannabis bill , and put forward their own member's bill, which will only go through Parliament if picked from the ballot.
"You guys [referring to National] had nine years in power; you refused to look at this issue," said reporter Benedict Collins.
He said it was hard to see it as any more "than a stunt" and that it was disappointing to see this carry-on, especially for those suffering and in need of medicinal cannabis.
Mr Bridges denied that it was a stunt in a press conference .
1 NEWS' political editor Jess Mutch asked why his party has put forward a bill now after nine years in power. (Source: Other)
National's bill proposes a licensing regime and approval for medicinal cannabis products in the way medicine is approved by Metsafe.
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