Hobbled and gagged

Parliament has designed a highly regulated model for the proposed legal cannabis market, which aspiring entrepreneurs believe will be a rare new recession-beating industry. An estimated $1.5 billion of business is waiting eagerly to be done, and a potential 5000 new jobs could materialise if the tick goes in the right box.

But the new market would be working in the shadow of its evil twin, the well-established black market, which has numerous commercial