Articles with category: Article
Viewpoints: The BAC and the 'Know your limit' guidelines
At the end of last year, NZ lowered its legal blood alcohol limit. How has that affected drivers and the hospitality industry?
Opinion: This isn't who I was born to be
Drugs can tear families apart. So too can the laws that police them. But family can also motivate users to put their lives back together again, writes Patrick Hilsman.
The victims of Russia's war on methadone
Michael Bird reports on the dire consequences of Russia’s harsh anti-drugs crusade in Crimea.
UNGASS 2016: Hopeful global voices
What can the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem achieve? In this feature, we share perspectives from people working in South America, West Africa and Asia and in global development.
Hopes dashed and raised in NYC
After a big build up, the UN's global drug talks took place in April, with mixed results. Russell Brown was there.
Lizi's living sober
Living Sober member Lizi Reese talks about the role alcohol played in her life and her long road to sobriety.
It’s going to take more than silver linings...
Hearing about these new pockets of humanity and hope in our justice system is refreshing. What a difference it makes when people care about the people they work with and make changes to better respond to people’s needs.
Putting anti-drug rhetoric on ice
There has been a proliferation of anti-meth approaches across the Antipodes based more on fear than facts. Nicole Lee uncovers some of the false rhetoric.
Opinion: Dear Politicians: drug policy matters in election year
Kali Mercier, the Drug Foundation’s Senior Advocacy and Policy Adviser, explains why drug law reform should be an important election issue this year.
Viewpoints: New tech for drug detection
It’s almost the stuff of science fiction. Will trending new handheld devices for identifying substances become an important and useful detection tool, or are they unnecessary and a potential further intrusion on our civil liberties?
LSD: New Zealand’s LSD history
Redmer Yska tells how LSD rose, fell and is maybe rising again for both recreational and therapeutic uses.
The sky hasn’t fallen on: Australia
Some states in Australia removed criminal penalties for drug use and possession more than a quarter of a century ago, but the sky hasn't fallen in yet.