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
Mythbusters: Cannabis 20 times more carcinogenic than tobacco?
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?
Jul 16 2012
Dunne slays party pill hydra
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.
May 22 2012
Longer hours, more harm
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.
May 14 2012
First FebFast recipients receive FebFast funds
FebFast New Zealand handed over a giant cheque for over $21,000 to Evolve Wellington Youth Service today.
Reducing drug harm in Fiji
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.
Opinion: The frustrating politics of drug reform
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.
Wet in Wellington
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.