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Mythbusters: Yeast spreads can be used for brewing alcohol

1 Nov 2015

Is Vegemite - a true blue Aussie spread - being used to make homebrew alcohol in remote Aboriginal communities?

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About a drug: powdered alcohol

1 Nov 2015

We may not have heard much about it before, but powdered alcohol (just add water) is nothing new.

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Q&A: Nobody suffers like the families

1 Nov 2015

Julian McMahon is an Australian barrister practising criminal law, who represented Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the 'Bali 9' pair who were executed in Indonesia earlier this year on drugs charges.

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Guest editorial: Treatment as prevention? How about prevention as prevention?!

1 Nov 2015

The priority for stopping the spread of hepatitis C should be on early prevention, argues Charles Henderson, National Manager of NZ's Needle Exchange Programme.

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Viewpoints: Is the jury still out on e-cigarettes?

1 Nov 2015

Short of a pill that will magically take addiction away, are e-cigarettes the best smoking cessation device since the humble patch?

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Opinion: A nation in denial?

1 Nov 2015

It’s coming on Christmas, and with it, will come the usual increase in alcohol and other substance-induced family violence. Being good Kiwis, though, it’s something we won’t talk about.

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Early days for UNGASS 2016 declaration

1 Nov 2015

Preparations are well under way for next April's UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem. So, what's the outcome likely to be?

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Longer course on alcohol and other drugs

1 Nov 2015

In the third of the Whole School Series, Beck Eleven reports on teaching and wider school culture.

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Māori MPs reconsider drug law

1 Nov 2015

A succession of reports show that Māori are affected significantly more than Pākehā by our drug laws. Russell Brown looks into the issues and presents the views of 4 Māori MPs.