Updating the narrative: findings from a new methamphetamine report
Today, the Drug Foundation and the Helen Clark Foundation released a new paper: Minimising the Harms from Methamphetamine. The Drug Foundation's Executive Director, Sarah Helm, breaks down the findings.
New report calls for overhaul to methamphetamine approach
The report, jointly commissioned by the NZ Drug Foundation and the Helen Clark Foundation, proposes a suite of new health-based solutions backed by local and international evidence.
Proposal aims to get drug overdoses off Auckland's inner-city streets
Govt urged to remove barriers to lifesaving overdose medicine
The Drug Foundation is calling on the Government to urgently make it easier for New Zealanders to freely access a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication, so that the country is prepared in the face of a future fentanyl crisis.
Harm reduction tips for medicinal cannabis users
Too many kiwis are still buying medicinal cannabis on the black market. We asked two leading experts for some harm reduction tips to keep them safer.
What happened in Wairarapa could happen again
Drug Foundation executive director Sarah Helm discusses recent fentanyl overdoses in Wairarapa and how we can avoid fentanyl deaths in future.
New poll shows most New Zealanders support change in drug laws
The polling shows support for removing criminal penalties and increasing education, treatment, and other health-based approaches.
Drug Foundation on Budget ‘22: Good, not transformative
Drug Foundation welcomes health focus in 2022 budget, but would like to see a shift away from treating drugs as a criminal issue.
Budget '22 chance to move away from failed approaches to drugs
The NZ Drug Foundation says Budget 2022 is a chance for the Government to fund effective health-based approaches to drugs, instead of continuing with failed policies from the past.