Articles with category: Article
Music culture
Redmer Yska pores through the history of NZ song to show how perception of drug use changed over time.
Me and my interlock
The government has announced mandatory alcohol interlocks for some convicted drink drivers. Our correspondent talks about what it's like to have one installed.
A Kiwi in the land of legal cannabis
The Drug Foundation's Stephen Blyth visits US states where it's legal to possess, use and sell cannabis
Ups and downs with Painkiller prescriptions
Over-prescription of opioid painkillers: How bad is it in NZ?
Taking a reading of the pills
Journalist Russell Brown talks with those behind free drug checking, whose job is made all the more difficult for having to operate under the legal radar.
Fixing the cost of alcohol
Will a minimum alcohol floor price help make a dent in New Zealand’s binge drinking culture? Catherine McCullough investigates overseas evidence
When grandparents must step up
Wide-ranging research has laid bare the experiences of grandparents stepping up to raise grandchildren due to their own child’s battle with drugs. It places enormous financial, physical and emotional stress on grandparents at a time when th
Q&A: Dr Huhana Hickey
Dr Huhana Hickey (Ngāti Tahinga, Whakatōhea) is a research fellow at the AUT and an outspoken medical cannabis law reform campaigner.
In memory of Ben Hana
Ben Hana was seen by many as an oddity, but Wellington’s ‘Blanket Man’ was a symptom of a deeper problem and his passing a call to action.
Clearing the smoke
Cannabis is now widely accepted as a medical treatment, but does it have the evidential backing of other medicines? From herbal remedies to clinical therapies, Max Daly investigates the big business of medical cannabis.
Mythbusters: Firms should encourage workplace ‘drinkies’
Last year, media seized on research that seemed to show using alcohol could have incredible benefits in a white collar work environment.
Mythbusters: All heavy drinkers are alcoholics
That guy who is notorious for getting legless at every social gathering might be called an alkie or an alcoholic behind his back. But the label is unlikely to be on the mark, at least not from a diagnostic point of view.