Guest editorial: Substance Addiction Bill briefing
Vanessa Caldwell, head of the addiction workforce development group Matua Raki, explains what is in the new compulsory treatment bill currently before the House.
Viewpoints: Introducing lockout laws
Lockout laws may just be the next weapon in New Zealand's arsenal against late night alcohol-fuelled violence. But just how effective are they?
Opinion: Telling it like it is
Our Board Chairman Tuari Potiki told the United Nations General Assembly that indigenous voices must be part of the drug policy debate.
The snowball and the avalanche: medical cannabis in Australia
Stories of personal suffering are appearing more frequently in the Australian news, and that's paved the way for medical cannabis. Andrew McMillen reports on what's happening over the ditch.
To test or not to test
Drug testing in schools is rejected by some and embraced by others. So what is the score, asks Naomi Arnold.
Where are we at with alcohol reform?
It's been 4 years since new liquor laws passed. They were supposed to reduce problematic consumption of alcohol without impinging on responsible drinkers, have they been successful?
Statement to the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem
New Zealand Drug Foundation civil society statement to the plenary of the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem
Apr 18 2016
UNGASS 2016 - as it happened
The biggest global conversation on drug policy in the last 15 years was run by the United Nations in New York City 19-20 April 2016.
Apr 14 2016
Leading New Zealanders join global letter calling for end to 'drug war'
Aotearoa New Zealand Leaders Join Over 1,000 Worldwide Calling for End to "Disastrous" Drug War Ahead of UN Special Session