Aug 31 2015
New Zealand needs to do more to tackle overdose problem
Nearly every week in New Zealand a person dies from an opioid overdose. If you're not aware of our overdose problem, you're not alone - we don't like to talk openly about intravenous drug use in Aotearoa.
The UNGASS 2016 primer
The next UNGASS on drugs has been brought forward from 2019 to 2016. That's still a year away, but at a UN level, this amounts to blistering urgency.
Mythbusters: It sounds too much
Estimated values of seized drugs can be mind-bogglingly huge. But are these estimates accurate reflections of the likely street value?
About a drug: Alpha-PVP
Alpha-pyrrolidinovalerophenone is one of a number of recreational drugs in the 'bath salts' (cathinones) family, so called because they resemble bath salts and have sometimes been sold disguised as such.
Q&A: Toni-Marie Matich
Toni-Marie Matich is the co-founder of the NZ branch of United in Compassion, set up to advocate for the introduction of medicinal cannabis.
Guest editorial: Alcohol advertising: what's the problem?
While advertising of alcohol keeps spreading and spreading, the industry denies this leads to more harms. The evidence says otherwise.
Viewpoints: Should we be concerned about rising PIED use?
Use of performance and image-enhancing drugs is on the rise in NZ - that may be a cause for concern.
Opinion: A brave, new drug policy
The National Drug Policy 2015-2020 is finally out. How does it stack up? Drug Foundation Principal Policy Advisor Andrew Zielinski looks at the pros and cons.
A school's core business
This is the second in our Whole School Series, which look into new approaches to protecting young people from drug-related harm being adopted by NZ schools.