Policy and Advocacy: Amphetamines

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Misuse of Drugs Act Amendment Bill

Sunday, September 19, 2010

The New Zealand Drug Foundation – Te Tūāpapa Tarukino o Aotearoa welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill.  Our comments focus on the suggested initiatives around scheduling methamphetamine precursor substances ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as Class B2 controlled drugs and the extension of offence provisions for the importation of drug paraphernalia for supply.

We're on your side

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Black Power life member, former methamphetamine user and now, arguably, one of the country’s most successful anti-P campaigners.

This is the story of Denis O’Reilly. It is also a tale of community and about how strange bedfellows like rival Mäori gangs Black Power and the Mongrel Mob are working together to reduce demand for pure methamphetamine. By Kim Thomas.

The Director's Cut - vol 19 no 4

Friday, November 27, 2009

In politics, it’s often said, if you’re explaining, you’re losing. This was the unnecessary position Prime Minister John Key found himself in following the launch of the government’s new methamphetamine action plan.

Coming clean on meth

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Mythbusters always enjoy a grain of salt or two while reading media stories about rampant methamphetamine epidemics. However, we do concede the drug is quickly addictive and incredibly difficult for addicts to give up.

Into my arms: Injecting drug use in New Zealand

Monday, April 28, 2008

We’ve previously updated readers on findings from the Illicit Drug Monitoring System (IDMS). In this update, Chris Wilkins and Charles Henderson focus on injecting drug use behaviour with data from the IDMS and Needle Exchange New Zealand’s seroprevalence surveys.

P and tinny houses

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Drug users are giving free samples of P with marijuana teenagers bought.[1] Tinny houses are one of the main methods of cannabis distribution to young people and police have previously voiced concern that other drugs such as methamphetamine, known as P, have been pushed through their established channels.[2] The discovery of gangs selling cannabis laced with P to teenagers has spurred on Auckland police in the war against the cannabis drug trade. [3]