Articles with category: Media release
Jul 16 2012
Dunne slays party pill hydra
New regulations for synthetic drugs announced today will help move New Zealand’s obsolete drug law into the 21st century the New Zealand Drug Foundation said.
May 22 2012
Longer hours, more harm
The Government can still change the Alcohol Reform Bill to address harm caused by long trading hours of alcohol retailers, the New Zealand Drug Foundation said today.
May 14 2012
First FebFast recipients receive FebFast funds
FebFast New Zealand handed over a giant cheque for over $21,000 to Evolve Wellington Youth Service today.
Feb 19 2012
Christopher Kennedy Lawford visiting New Zealand
United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on Drug Dependence, Treatment and Care, Christopher Kennedy Lawford is visiting New Zealand this week to discuss drug addiction and treatment, New Zealand Drug Foundation Executive Director Ross Bell said.
Aug 30 2011
Addiction treatment in New Zealand requires urgent change
Addiction treatment in New Zealand has been seriously underfunded for many decades, National Addiction Centre Director Professor Doug Sellman told a symposium in Wellington today.
Aug 30 2011
Drug treatment policy often misguided says criminology professor
Overcoming problem drug use has much more to do with addressing socio-economic factors than physiological or psychological addiction, a Drug Policy Symposium was told today in Wellington.
Aug 25 2011
Alcohol select committee continues to disappoint communities
The Drug Foundation today expressed surprise that the Justice and Electoral Committee recommended only tinkering to the Alcohol Reform Bill, saying that many thousands of submitters had expected much greater improvements to the Bill.
Jul 14 2011
No time for alcohol law reform delays
The Justice and Electoral Select Committee is still deliberating on the Alcohol Reform Bill. They say it’s proving and enormous challenge and the deadline for reporting back to Parliament has been pushed out from June until the end of Augus
Jun 26 2011
Opinion - Synthetic cannabis
It’s a glaring and obvious anomaly that substances like cannabis are illegal in New Zealand while “synthetic cannabis” – that has much the same effect – is openly for sale in dairies and service stations.
Jun 6 2011
Opinion - Politicians need courage to achieve drug law reform
The Law Commission’s report on drug law reform is timely, smart and welcome. Now our politicians need the courage to respond.
Feb 7 2011
Public encouraged to speak up on alcohol law reform
New Zealand is on the brink of some of the most significant amendments to its alcohol laws, but communities need to speak up about their desire for change.
Sep 16 2010
Why such a weak response to restricting alcohol marketing?
While the Government is proposing to adopt, in part or whole, the majority of the Law Commission’s 153 recommendations for alcohol law reform, among those that it has rejected are some of the most effective policy levers to reduce alcohol-r