Aug 7 2018
All eyes on Canada: What we can learn
Kali Mercier travelled to this year’s ISSDP Conference in Vancouver recently, to see how their approach to drug policy can help inform our own.
Aug 7 2018
Don't delay acting on synthetic cannabinoids
Winston Peters warns Government officials to take urgent action to stop further deaths from synthetic drugs
Jul 26 2018
Whānau first for Mental Health & Addiction Inquiry
Taking a whānau, social and cultural approach to Māori wellbeing
Jul 26 2018
First Nations’ position in Canada’s new cannabis frontier
As Canada prepares to roll out its legal marijuana legislation this summer, indigenous communities are concerned about how much autonomy they will have over the process.
July 2018 cannabis survey
A new survey shows two thirds of voters support changing the country’s outdated cannabis law. Outright legalisation is the most popular option.
Jul 19 2018
Starting the work of reforming NZ's criminal justice system
Viewpoints: Medicinal cannabis paradigms, part 2
Dr Sam McBride counters that the evidence isn’t all that compelling and that the risks are not yet fully clear – despite the naïve naturalist claims of some of its proponents.
Viewpoints: Medicinal cannabis paradigms, part 1
Dr David Caldicott argues that the evidence for its effectiveness seems real and that we should get on with exploring a medicinal regime in the interests of patient wellbeing.
Respect: schools teaching critical thinking and harm reduction
Concerns were raised about a West Auckland school using a MethHelp booklet in the classroom. This was a good thing to do.