Resources
New Zealanders use drugs. That use can cause harms and add social, health and economic costs to individuals, families and communities. Preventing and reducing those harms is a big challenge for New Zealand, and it's a challenge the New Zealand Drug Foundation has taken on.
Confused about your teenager and drugs? Order free resources from us
We publish a series of drug information booklets in our Drugs in Focus series. These booklets are aimed at parents, older teenagers, treatment workers, schools, public health units and other agencies needing good, factual and honest drug information. Order Drugs in Focus resources here...
Are you a school teacher or drug educator?
Go here to order our primary school drug resource, Primary Pathways, and for links to relevant school drug education information.
Are you an employer, or employee?
In cooperation with ACC and ALAC, we have produced this guide for workers and employers about managing alcohol and drug issues in the workplace. Order your free copy here...
Get the Msg! Drug information on your mobile phone
Get free, fast and factual drug health and safety information sent confidentially to your mobile phone, 24/7. Find out more...
Are you a retailer?
Go here for information about selling and managing volatile substances, inhalants, gases, etc.
Order Drugs in Focus
We publish a series of drug information booklets in our Drugs in Focus series. These booklets are aimed at parents, older teenagers, treatment workers, schools, public health units and other agencies needing good, factual and honest drug information.
Drugs in Focus: A guide to alcohol and other drugs This booklet provides an overview of the effects of alcohol and illegal drugs. It helps identify various drugs, provides information about those drugs, and gives advice for addressing drug-related issues. No longer avaliable.
Parent focus: Dealing with drug issues for 9 to 14 year olds This guide is designed to give parents confidence when discussing alcohol and other drugs with their children. When our children ask searching questions about themselves and the society they are growing up into, parents need to be prepared with the right information, which will help parents think through the issues and support their children.
Safety first: Helping children to stay safe This booklet is a starting point for conversations about safety between adults and children aged from 5 to 12. It provides information about a range of safety issues for young people, and discusses how we can best encourage young children to keep themselves safe.
Hosting teenage parties: Managing alcohol and other drugs When teenagers ask if they can have a party, parents often feel a bit confused and say yes without thinking through all the issues. It is important for children to have fun, celebrate and learn social skills, but no one wants drunken behaviour, property damage, personal injury and gatecrashers. Don't be daunted. This booklet looks at these issues, and outlines things you should think about when deciding whether you will hold a party, and what kind of party you will plan.
To order yours FREE, fill this form below or call us on 0800 378 474.
Get the Msg! Information for generation text
Get the Msg! is a FREE drug information service via mobile text messaging. It provides people credible and factual health and safety information about drugs in a discreet and accessible way wherever they are and at anytime of the day.
User's text the name of a substance to DRUG (3784) and receive a short health and safety message back, with links to the Drug Foundation website and the Alcohol Drug Helpline.
Get the Msg! demonstrates a new way of getting through to populations traditionally hard to reach, It's up to health providers to trail a bit of innovation - it has certainly worked for us! So get texting!
Go here for the straight up facts on Get the Msg!
Go here for our Matters of Substance article about Get the Msg!
Get the Msg! promotion cards
These wallet sized cards are useful to hand out to young people so they can Get the Msg!
To order yours FREE, fill this form below or call us on 0800 378 474.
Resources for schools - Primary Pathways
Our children grow up in a society in which the use of legal drugs, such as alcohol and tobacco, is commonplace. For children to be in the best position to make responsible, informed choices about drugs for themselves, they need to be provided with drug education that offers many opportunities to explore appropriate knowledge, attitudes, skills and strategies within a supportive environment. It is the role of schools, teachers, parents and the community to help children make responsible and informed choices about drug use.
Primary Pathways is a teaching resource developed for use in primary schools across New Zealand. It provides teachers with an up-todate, easy to use drug education resource, which takes into account current educational trends towards integrating curriculum in primary schools.
The content, structure and learning strategies used in the resource are based on the latest New Zealand and international research into effective drug education.
This resource is FREE for primary schools and educators. A maximum of 4 copies are avaliable per school. If you require more than four copies please contact us.
To order your FREE copy, fill this form below or call us on 0800 378 474.
Alcohol and drugs in the workplace
A resource jointly produced by ACC, ALAC and ourselves to help owners and managers of businesses in NZ address the negative impact of alcohol and other drug abuse in their workplaces.
To order your FREE copy, fill this form below or call us on 0800 378 474 or download a copy below.
Volatile Substances - A Guide for Retailers
The Volatile Substance Guide for Retailers is web-based and can be found at www.volatilesubstances.co.nz.
The website has simple tools to help retailers, including ways to improve in-store displays and sinage, training on handling difficult customers, dealing with emergencies and ways to improve security. It also has video clips of shop owners and health workers talking about the issue.
Retailers are able to order a range of materials from the website to support their decision to act responsibly when selling volatile substances. These materials are free. Resources include a window sticker spelling out the retailer's right to restrict the sale of volatile substances, a counter pad, a poster for staff and a shelf talker.
Go here to watch videos of the launch
Go here for our Matters of Substance article