Untouchable?
Cannabis use in Oceania is 9.1–14.6 percent – the highest in the world - yet every year we spend hundreds of thousands of police hours and over a $100m enforcing prohibition.
Storm in a pee cup
Do our current drug testing procedures balance the need for accuracy, the rights of employees and the principles of natural justice? Or does NZ have a drug testing problem?
About a drug: Psilocybin
The Aztecs called them teonanácatl, scientists call them Psilocybe, rappers refer to them as shrooms. Whatever you call them, magic mushrooms are a fungus that can have mind-altering effects.
Sep 13 2012
Response to volatile substance abuse needed
Communities need to be better supported to address the serious issue of volatile substance abuse (VSA), the New Zealand Drug Foundation said today following the release of the Chief Coroner’s report into recent volatile substance deaths.
Opinion: Drugs and Development: The Real Threat
Ann Fordham argues that the UN may be its own worst enemy in addressing global drug and crime links.
A Slug of the Drug
What's to be done about caffeine and alcohol mixed beverages, the popular poly-drug choice of the recently post-pubescent?
Viewpoints: Should you give your teenager alcohol?
Viewpoints asks if you should provide alcohol to your teenage child. Is it just adopting mediterranean attitude toward alcohol or could you be harming their developing brain?
Don't hesitate
Why do some people hesitate to call for help in a life-and-death situation? Elle Hunt investigates emergency responses to overdoses in New Zealand.
About a drug: MDMA
In 1914, a clever scientist working for the German pharmaceutical company Merck created and patented the MDMA molecule. The first recorded human ingestion of MDMA wasn’t until the 1970s