Articles with category: Media release
May 10 2014
Medical cannabis report disappointing
A report on medical cannabis published yesterday by the Health Select Committee is a disappointing once-over glance at a medicine that is of increasing importance globally, the New Zealand Drug Foundation said.
May 7 2014
Amnesty period needed for 'legal high' possession
Police should hold off prosecuting people for possession of psychoactive products for the next six months, the New Zealand Drug Foundation urged today.
Apr 28 2014
Use powers in existing law says Drug Foundation
The announcement of changes to the Psychoactive Substances Act to remove currently approved ‘legal highs' from sale is disappointing due to its political nature, and will lead to stockpiling and black-market sales the New Zealand Drug Found
Apr 23 2014
Op-ed: Law change a comedown for legal high industry
Novel psychoactive substances first appeared in 2001, since then governments have repeatedly failed in attempts to ban this problem away because the legal high industry simply creates new chemicals to evade bans.
Feb 20 2014
1/3 of NZ families affected by alcohol and drug problems
A third of New Zealanders have a family member who has experienced negative effects in their life due to alcohol or drug use, research commissioned by the New Zealand Drug Foundation has shown.
Feb 12 2014
febfast lite for sevens hangover
People who overdid it at the Wellington Sevens last weekend can give their livers a break for the rest of February by signing up to febfast.
Feb 3 2014
febfast kicks off with a bang, still time to register
febfast kicked off 28 days of booze free bliss with a bang over the weekend and there is still time to register, febfast coordinator Natalia Albert said today.
Jan 28 2014
febfast: prizes, events, friends
New Zealanders are four days away from embarking on the febfast challenge and a chance to feel healthier, win prizes, and help support young people and their families with alcohol and drug problems.
Jan 21 2014
Kicking off febfast with a bang!
The febfast challenge is kicking with a bang this year with two awesome events, febfast coordinator Natalia Albert said today.
Jan 13 2014
febfast registration free for an alcohol free February
febfast registration free for an alcohol free February
Nov 28 2013
Research links cannabis use with psychosis
Chronic cannabis use in early adolescence can make some people up to 11 times more likely to develop schizophrenia, the New Zealand Drug Foundation's Cannabis and Health Symposium in Auckland has been told.
Nov 28 2013
Online therapy tool to help people with pot
An innovative online therapy to help people reduce or stop their use of cannabis was launched today in Auckland.