Articles with category: Article
What can we learn from the psychedelic renaissance?
A history of psychadelics, from white coats and hippies to modern research into depression, addiction and trauma.
Being in Relationship - Reimagining our addiction sector
Personal stories highlight the relationship between addiction and treatment.
Alcohol and the illusion of coping
Personal story: Nadine Hura reflects on her own bitter-sweet relationship with alcohol
Mixed messages: Finding a way through the drugs minefield
Personal story: Growing up surrounded by both positive and negative aspects of drug and alcohol use.
Cannabidiol - A better option than my tiny pink pills?
Personal story: Using medication to cope with anxiety; Denise Carter-Bennett is optimistic that cannabidiol will one day be a legal option
Step into the light
Cover story summary: Personal stories of drug use, highlighting consumer perspectives
Q&A: Lizzie Marvelly
We introduce the Drug Foundation’s newest board member Lizzie Marvelly, who brings rich experience from the worlds of music, media and social change.
The right message: Engaging teens and young people
Update on how 'peer crowds' research is being used to inform a range of youth-focused projects
Cheese, chocolate, watches - and heroin-assisted treatment
Switzerland’s national drug policy, introduced in the 1990s, comprises four pillars: prevention, therapy, harm reduction and prohibition. The Swiss public voted the approach into law in 2008.
Cannabis causes 32 deaths each year in New Zealand... Really?
All drug use has a risk of harm, which can include death. This Viewpoints argues either side of the question: Does cannabis cause 32 deaths each year in New Zealand?
Drivers of change
What hope is there that this is the direction law makers will take in our new Parliament? Emma Espiner examines the prospects.
Revenge of the Hastings Incubus
The long, mostly hidden and quietly swoony story of the Kiwi relationship with heroin (diamorphine): Redmer Yska traces New Zealand’s history of heroin.