Doing LAPs
With few Local Alcohol Plans (LAPs) in place, communities are forced into being reactive when faced with new applications for liquor licences.
Shulgin was known to many as the “Godfather of ecstasy”
Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin was born on 17 June 1925 and died, aged 88, at home in California on 2 June 2014.
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.
About a drug: NBOMe
While LSD is often painted as the psychedelic equivalent of a tie-die t-shirt, the new, nefarious n-bomb is portrayed as a potent potion of peril.
Q&A: Darien Fenton
Outgoing Labour MP Darien Fenton recently opened up publicly about her addiction to heroin in the 70s and subsequent recovery thanks to the methadone programme.
Mythbusters: The current drug control system works to reduce availability, increase prices and mitigate risks from drugs.
A paper by United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime makes a bold claim about the current drug control system.
Viewpoints: Should New Zealand allow medicinal cannabis?
Medical cannabis is a sticky issue. There is evidence that cannabis and products derived from cannabis can treat some illnesses and alleviate symptoms of others. On the other side, there are concerns about the efficacy of using a raw produc
10,000/1,500/15 Breaking the silence on responsible drug use
It’s time for responsible users to join the drugs conversation, argues Stuart McMillen. Only then can the world begin to understand that not all drug users are damaged, addicted lowlifes.