e-Support for sobriety
A growing number of people are turning to the internet for help with their sobriety. Matt Calman talks to the trailblazers of three thriving online communities.
Appealing for community
Rob Zorn returns to Cannons Creek school after their successful opposition to a nearby off-licence.
Poor foundations – testing homes for meth gone awry
Russell Brown looks at a poorly informed phenomenon of near hysteria that is putting vulnerable people out onto the street.
Practicing a public health approach to drugs: 2016 Speaker and Soup season
In 2016 we are finally seeing signs that public health, social support and drug policy do mix.
Drug policy talk at Q Station, Sydney
Being sequestered at an abandoned quarantine station in Manly provided the perfect location for some deep thinking about drug policy research as Samuel Andrews reports
Where do you stand?
To keep up pressure for a move to healthy and just ways of dealing with drug problems, New Zealanders are invited to join the global Support. Don’t Punish. day of action.
May 16 2016
Living Sober members report positive influence
Valuable support is offered to people giving up drinking on the Living Sober website according to a survey of members conducted late last year.
May 13 2016
ALERT: spike in synthetic cannabis in the Hawke's Bay
An alert has been issued today for residents in Hawke's Bay, after a synthetic cannabinoid linked to deaths overseas was detected in the region.
Mythbusters: gangs target middle class kids
Minister Judith Collins recently claimed the Head Hunters are working with Black Power and the Mongrel Mob to sell methamphetamine to private high school students. But what evidence is there for this unlikely alliance?