Nov 25 2013
Conflict over cannabis shows need for conversation
New Zealand needs to have a serious conversation about the health and social impacts of cannabis in light of a recent survey which found conflicting views about how we should treat people who use the drug.
Nov 22 2013
Cannabis causes cognitive concerns
Regular use of cannabis can cause serious cognitive impairment that persists beyond the period of being high, a speaker at next week’s cannabis and health symposium says.
Drug Foundation to host David Nutt in Wellington
The New Zealand Drug Foundation is hosting Professor David Nutt for a lunchtime presentation on ‘Drugs without the hot air: minimising the harms of legal and illegal drugs’ in Wellington on Thursday 5 December.
Nov 9 2013
Social and economic factors behind Māori cannabis use
Speakers at the New Zealand Drug Foundations cannabis and health symposium will be shedding more light than heat on the complex issues around the use of cannabis by Māori.
Nov 4 2013
Drink driving drop good news
The New Zealand Drug Foundation supports the Government’s move to lower the allowable blood alcohol limit from 80 to 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood for those over 20.
Cracking good prevention
We know cannabis can cause harm, so how do we prevent people from using cannabis or at least delay the time they start? Keri Welham investigates
Driving high
Cannabis and cars don’t mix. We know pot causes impairment, but just how much, and is it even that dangerous?
Reducing cannabis health harms
There is a wide spectrum of views on how much harm cannabis can cause. Rob Zorn investigates
Fake it till you make it
It looks like cannabis, it has cannabis in the name, but is synthetic cannabis really cannabis? James Robinson investigates.