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Mythbusters: Cannabis 20 times more carcinogenic than tobacco?

1 Aug 2012

The British Lung Foundation has claimed that smoking a cannabis cigarette is up to 20 times more likely to give you lung cancer than smoking a tobacco cigarette. Is the evidence there to back them up?

Media release
Jul 16
2012

Dunne slays party pill hydra

16 Jul 2012

New regulations for synthetic drugs announced today will help move New Zealand’s obsolete drug law into the 21st century the New Zealand Drug Foundation said.

Media release
May 22
2012

Longer hours, more harm

22 May 2012

The Government can still change the Alcohol Reform Bill to address harm caused by long trading hours of alcohol retailers, the New Zealand Drug Foundation said today.

Media release
May 14
2012

First FebFast recipients receive FebFast funds

14 May 2012

FebFast New Zealand handed over a giant cheque for over $21,000 to Evolve Wellington Youth Service today.

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Reducing drug harm in Fiji

1 May 2012

It may be an island paradise, but Fiji has its fair share of drug-related woes. Jacob Quinn looks at some local harm-reduction initiatives.

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Opinion: The frustrating politics of drug reform

1 May 2012

Home and abroad, even politicians favouring reform eventually reach an end to what they’re willing to say about the war on drugs. Russell Brown suggests public opinion may in fact be moving on.

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Wet in Wellington

1 May 2012

Rob Zorn talks to Downtown Community Ministry about the plight of Wellington’s addicted and homeless and why ‘housing first’ is an essential first step towards treatment.

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Mythbusters: Is cannabis legal in the Netherlands?

1 May 2012

Mythbusters takes a closer look at the nuanced drug policy of the Netherlands.

Media release
Feb 19
2012

Christopher Kennedy Lawford visiting New Zealand

19 Feb 2012

United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on Drug Dependence, Treatment and Care, Christopher Kennedy Lawford is visiting New Zealand this week to discuss drug addiction and treatment, New Zealand Drug Foundation Executive Director Ross Bell said.