The '''Misuse of Drugs Act 1975''' is a [[New Zealand]] drug control law that classifies drugs into three classes, or schedules, based on their projected risk of serious harm.<ref name="Legislation">{{cite web|title=Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 No 116 (as at 01 December 2010), 3A Classification of drugs|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1975/0116/latest/DLM436190.html|work=New Zealand Legislation: Acts|accessdate=16 June 2011}}</ref> In December 2018,the [[Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand|Labour-led Coalition Government]] passed a [[Misuse of Drugs (Medicinalit Cannabis)was Amendmentamended Act|law]]to permittingpermit the useduse of [[medical cannabis]] for terminally ill patients.<ref name="NZH 11 Dec 2018">{{cite news |last1=Bennett |first1=Lucy |title=Medicinal cannabis bill passes third reading |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12175064 |accessdate=28 December 2018 |publisher=''[[New Zealand Herald]]'' |date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="Guardian 11 Dec 2018">{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Eleanor Ainge |title=New Zealand passes laws to make medical marijuana widely available |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/new-zealand-passes-laws-to-make-medical-marijuana-widely-available |accessdate=28 December 2018 |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]'' |date=11 December 2018}}</ref>
