Articles with category: Media release
Mar 6 2019
Police discretion for drug offences needs greater health funding
Greater funding for health and social services is urgently needed for changes to Misuse of Drugs Act to be effective.
Jan 15 2019
New report highlights drug policy trends
A new State of the Nation report we released in January 2019 shows that while we are doing well in some areas, there is massive room for improvement.
Dec 13 2018
Government action on synthetics drugs crisis applauded
The Government’s response to synthetic drug deaths is welcomed by the Drug Foundation. This is an important step towards treating drug use as a health issue.
Dec 4 2018
Mental Health and Addictions Inquiry says treat drugs as a health issue
Recommendation for government action on alcohol and other drugs, including removing criminal sanctions for personal drug use and providing a broader range of health interventions instead, are welcomed.
Nov 29 2018
Open letter to PM calls for addiction treatment funding boost
Gaps in access to addiction treatment have prompted 30 organisations to issue an open letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Nov 29 2018
Statement on government’s updated medicinal cannabis bill
Useful changes to the government’s medicinal cannabis bill were announced today, but the Drug Foundation says many patients will be disappointed.
Nov 21 2018
Synthetics drugs crisis prompts petition calling for boost to health support
A petition calling on the Prime Minister to back up her call to treat drug use as a health issue is live now. Please sign!
Drug law reform stacks up in dollar terms - new report
Cost benefit analysis undertaken by Sense Partners shows that the benefits of a package of drug law reform measures will outweight the costs.
Lessons must be learnt from meth report
The report into HNZ’s response to "methamphetamine contamination" contains hard lessons for the government and its agencies. The harms caused by HNZ’s zero tolerance approach were more widespread than previously thought.
July 2018 cannabis survey
A new survey shows two thirds of voters support changing the country’s outdated cannabis law. Outright legalisation is the most popular option.
Jun 21 2018
Legalising cannabis in Canada is good for public health
Canada’s decision to legalise and regulate cannabis is a public health win, and something the NZ government should look to emulate.
Strong justification to rein in meth testing industry
Regulations to rein in meth testing industry announced, following report from Govt's chief science advisor