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Jun 24
2015

Opinion: Don't freak out over changing drug laws

24 Jun 2015

Kiwis should have another look at their drug laws, writes Ross Bell, Drug Foundation executive director

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Jun 15
2015

Support. Don't Punish. in Aotearoa, 2015

15 Jun 2015

On Friday 26 June, hundreds of New Zealanders will come together to stand for supporting, not punishing, people who use drugs.

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Jun 8
2015

Preventing overdose deaths - background paper

8 Jun 2015

Better emergency overdose interventions are required to reduce the number of preventable deaths in New Zealand.

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Mythbusters: Is cannabis really 100 times safer than alcohol?

1 May 2015

There are many factors to consider when assessing drug-related harm. Claiming that cannabis is 114 times safer than alcohol is, like some of the data in a recent study, very uncertain.

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About a drug: Dabbing and BHO

1 May 2015

Dabbing is a relatively new way of smoking cannabis involving highly concentrated extracts known as BHO (short for either ’butane honey oil’ or ’butane hash oil’).

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Q&A: Beau Kilmer

1 May 2015

Before Beau Kilmer's keynote address at the Australasian Drug and Alcohol Strategy Conference in Brisbane, we invited the RAND Corporation researcher to visit the Drug Foundation.

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Guest editorial: Equally Well

1 May 2015

An initiative to address unequal access to physical health care received by people receiving mental health and addiction treatment is already paying off.

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Viewpoints: Looking back to 1975 law reform

1 May 2015

Four decades ago, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 was making its way through Parliament. Politicians, experts, commentators and the public were all fervently debating the merits of drug policy and enforcement.

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Opinion: Make love not war

1 May 2015

Kyle MacDonald talks to author Johann Hari about his new book Chasing the Scream.