Will they ever learn?
If a student turns up to class stoned, they might be kicked out of school. Or they might receive drug counselling and be excluded from attending their school ball. Which is better?
Apr 28 2014
Use powers in existing law says Drug Foundation
The announcement of changes to the Psychoactive Substances Act to remove currently approved ‘legal highs' from sale is disappointing due to its political nature, and will lead to stockpiling and black-market sales the New Zealand Drug Found
Apr 23 2014
Op-ed: Law change a comedown for legal high industry
Novel psychoactive substances first appeared in 2001, since then governments have repeatedly failed in attempts to ban this problem away because the legal high industry simply creates new chemicals to evade bans.
Feb 20 2014
1/3 of NZ families affected by alcohol and drug problems
A third of New Zealanders have a family member who has experienced negative effects in their life due to alcohol or drug use, research commissioned by the New Zealand Drug Foundation has shown.
Feb 12 2014
febfast lite for sevens hangover
People who overdid it at the Wellington Sevens last weekend can give their livers a break for the rest of February by signing up to febfast.
Feb 3 2014
febfast kicks off with a bang, still time to register
febfast kicked off 28 days of booze free bliss with a bang over the weekend and there is still time to register, febfast coordinator Natalia Albert said today.
About a drug: Khat
Khat is a scraggly plant that grows in the dry hillsides and sandy rocky soils of Africa. Its small green leaves and average height don’t leave a lasting impression on one’s mind, but chewing said leaves might.
Q&A: Kofi Annan
United Nations Secretary-General and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Kofi Annan took time to answer questions from Matters of Substance about his role on the board of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
Viewpoints: Should New Zealand have supervised injection sites?
Supervised injection sites are legally sanctioned, medically supervised facilities designed to reduce harm from injecting drug use. Overwhelmingly, the evidence shows they have reduced harm from intravenous drug use in these places, so is i