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Stoned at the wheel: is there a problem?

1 Mar 2019

Can roadside testing detect impaired drivers? Naomi Arnold looks at the evidence.

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You can't put fires out with gasoline

1 Mar 2019

Words can convey more than their semantic meaning. Journalist Chloe Ann-King shares her reaction to what she reads and hears in the media and health care sectors.

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Synthetic cannabinoids - too many unknowns

1 Mar 2019

Nathan Brown reports on a Drug Foundation-led information gathering and sharing exercise aimed at reducing harm from synthetic cannabinoids.

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Mental Health Inquiry: Change of direction needed

1 Mar 2019

The Mental Health and Addictions Inquiry signalled a major direction change but provided no navigation rules. Who should plot the new course?

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The truth we all need to hear

1 Mar 2019

Korero Pono JustSpeak exhibition: Even the shortest prison sentence can be a life sentence for some.

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Introducing He Korowai Aroha, Health Not Handcuffs

1 Mar 2019

A new movement called Health Not Handcuffs has been launched ahead of the cannabis referendum, calling for drug laws that give people a hand up instead of a lock up

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Legalisation: the chance to right wrongs

1 Mar 2019

NZ has a golden opportunity to right many of the wrongs caused by cannabis prohibition, says Tess Nicol

Media release
Jan 15
2019

New report highlights drug policy trends

15 Jan 2019

A new State of the Nation report we released in January 2019 shows that while we are doing well in some areas, there is massive room for improvement.

News
Dec 13
2018

How synthetics became a public health crisis

13 Dec 2018

How we got here was not by accident, but due to a series of legal changes with unintended consequences. Samuel Andrews explains how the synthetic crisis happened.