2021 Budget: no real news in terms of increased funding for treatment, health approaches or harm reduction. But some good steps tacking underlying health inequalities.
On the eve of the NZ release of The US vs Billie Holiday, Russell Brown talks to Johann Hari about the movie, compassionate drug policy & what's next.
Recently Oregon became the first US state to decriminalise all drug use, the latest of many changes there and around the world.
Don Rowe explains why police discretion is no substitute for decriminalisation, and raises the hope that genuine reform could be back on the table.
2021 Parliamentary Symposium: Towards a health-based approach to drug policy and practice.
Private members bill from Dr Shane Reit highlights how the current medicinal scheme has left patients with huge barriers to access.
A new poll show the vast majority of voters want cannabis either legalised or decriminalised.
Drug checking just got a big endorsement, with the release of a new VUW study carried out during last summer's festival season.
With the return to lockdown level 2 or 3 we are sharing some information to help anyone using alcohol or other drugs.