A recent Police report into the impact of drug law changes shows that despite some improvement, huge inequities remain.
The NZ Drug Foundation is warning that comments made in the media blaming the ‘underbelly of Te Awamutu’ and drug use for the spread of Covid-19 could cause the area’s outbreak to worsen.
With such low rates of vaccination among tangata whaiora, we asked Claire Aitken how Moana House managed to turn that around.
People using drugs are at greater risk from Covid-19, and they are the least-vaccinated. We need to reach them through the organisations they trust.
Free naloxone kits, fee training, oranges to practice on – and a barbecue lunch. That's how they do overdose prevention in British Columbia.
The Drug Foundation has set up a Givealittle to help fund the distribution of naloxone, to mark International Overdose Awareness Day.
So far, NZ has escaped the kind of opioid crisis that has claimed thousands of lives overseas. But should that change, we are “grossly underprepared”.
The number of products are set to be slashed and prices are expected to spike when a transitional medicinal cannabis scheme expires in October.