After 'The Wire'
Popular TV show The Wire is a disturbingly realistic portrayal of an American city ravaged by violence, corruption and a thriving drugs trade. Hamish McKenzie looks at where Balitmore is now.
Mythbusters: Is meth really all that bad for you?
Columbia University recently published a study on the effects of methamphetamine use. It not only questioned received wisdom about the damaging effects the drug has on the brain, it also suggested meth could actually improve some brain fun
The little community clinic that could
A formal evaluation suggests the Christchurch Hepatitis C Community Clinic has a thing or two to show the world.
Mythbusters - Death by withdrawal
Can a person chronically dependent on alcohol really die if they abruptly stop drinking? Or is this just another clever excuse not to part with their drug of choice?
Aug 30 2011
Addiction treatment in New Zealand requires urgent change
Addiction treatment in New Zealand has been seriously underfunded for many decades, National Addiction Centre Director Professor Doug Sellman told a symposium in Wellington today.
Aug 30 2011
Drug treatment policy often misguided says criminology professor
Overcoming problem drug use has much more to do with addressing socio-economic factors than physiological or psychological addiction, a Drug Policy Symposium was told today in Wellington.
Aug 30 2011
2011 Through the maze: making treatment better symposium
Experts from around New Zealand, and from overseas, gathered in Wellington on Tuesday 30 August for a Drug Policy Symposium organised by NZ Drug Foundation and NZ Society on Alcohol and Drug Dependence.
Aug 25 2011
Alcohol select committee continues to disappoint communities
The Drug Foundation today expressed surprise that the Justice and Electoral Committee recommended only tinkering to the Alcohol Reform Bill, saying that many thousands of submitters had expected much greater improvements to the Bill.
Mythbusters: Dope driving: I'm a safer driver when I'm stoned - crap or fact?
Many pot smokers who smoke and drive will say they're fine to get behind the wheel. Mythbusters looks at the evidence to see whether this is really so.