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Someone you love might need your YES

11 Oct 2020

Ross Bell asks people to look beyond their own experience, and understand how cannabis prohibition is impacting on others.

Media release
Oct 9
2020

Public health experts call for yes vote in referendum

9 Oct 2020

A new editorial published in the NZMJ explores why a yes vote offers a net gain for public health.

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Ross Bell: Why I believe Jacinda Ardern is a 'yes' voter on cannabis

8 Oct 2020

PM Jacinda Adern has refused to say how she'll vote in the cannabis referendum. Ross Bell pulls together her comments over the years, and concludes that she would be drawn to voting yes.

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Cannabis legalisation could boost public health funding, Government reports show

14 Sep 2020

Massive funding opportunities for public health under cannabis legalisation, Government reports show

Media release
Sep 8
2020

Economic report shows New Zealand will be better off under legal cannabis

8 Sep 2020

Economic reports released by Government show New Zealanders will be better off under legal cannabis.

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Way forward charted at Tūturu Summit

1 Sep 2020

The Drug Foundation has launched a school-based project aiming to change the way schools approach drugs and alcohol. John McRae attended the Wellington Summit this February.

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Q&A: David Hanna

1 Sep 2020

David Hanna is the Director of Wesley Community Action and a champion of community-led solutions including ‘P’ Pull, which grew out of Waitangarua and is now a national movement. We asked him a few questions.

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Science Advisor lays down facts on referendum

1 Sep 2020

A new report from the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor makes key findings supporting the Drug Foundation’s view that legalisation is the best public health response to cannabis use in Aotearoa.

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New campaign spurs drinking rethink

1 Sep 2020

During lockdown, the Drug Foundation launched the successful Best Bubble campaign encouraging Kiwis to re-evaluate their relationship with alcohol.