Articles with category: Article
Good data, the devil and the details
Rob Zorn talks about the importance of capturing good data both before and after legalisation, to monitor health and economic trends
Q&A: Costing drug policy options
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub: A health-based approach to drug policy is not only the most compassionate, it's the best economic choice.
Global leaders call to regulate drugs
Kali Mercier gives a brief rundown of a recent Global Commission on Drug Policy report and its implications for the War on Drugs abroad and potentially here at home.
The best place in the world to be a child
After the Ha¯paitia te Oranga Tangata summit in August, Dennis O’Reilly started thinking about how to address the wicked criminal justice problems we face.
Big Cannabis is rising high
With medicinal cannabis legal in the majority of states and more and more legalising recreational use, opportunities now abound for a wide variety of new entrepreneurs and established big business.
Getting real about synthetics
Naomi Arnold takes another look at our alarming death rate from synthetic cannabinoids and at some real-world responses from people working at the frontline.
Viewpoints: Medicinal cannabis paradigms, part 2
Dr Sam McBride counters that the evidence isn’t all that compelling and that the risks are not yet fully clear – despite the naïve naturalist claims of some of its proponents.
Viewpoints: Medicinal cannabis paradigms, part 1
Dr David Caldicott argues that the evidence for its effectiveness seems real and that we should get on with exploring a medicinal regime in the interests of patient wellbeing.
Respect: schools teaching critical thinking and harm reduction
Concerns were raised about a West Auckland school using a MethHelp booklet in the classroom. This was a good thing to do.
Q&A: Anne Bardsley
Hear directly from the lead author of the Chief Science Advisor's report on third hard exposure to methamphetamine.
Are we truly set up to support whaiora?
Tangi Noomotu suggests we need to take a good hard look at how much those working in the addiction field are asking of tangata whaiora.
What to expect when Canada legalises
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction's CEO explains what cannabis legalisation might mean for mean for society, young people and public health.