Articles with category: Article
Growing pains: How cannabis impacts pain relief
Dr Bronwyn Thompson says patients will benefit from cannabis legalisation, even with studies on using the drug for pain management yet to come in.
Balancing harm
A recent move to make “poppers” prescription only has led to a backlash from within New Zealand’s gay community
The sky didn't fall
Attitudes about cannabis use are changing as legalisation brings more education opportunities and fears about drug harm fade.
The wine o'clock myth
Sobriety advocate and author Lotta Dann talks to Ruth Nichol about her new book, how the alcohol industry specifically targets women, and why that matters.
Stigma, drug use and welfare in the time of Covid
It’s up to us, the public, to make sure the government looks after our most vulnerable in a recession, writes activist and former Greens MP Sue Bradford.
What we've learned from a crisis
Lockdown and the continued impacts of the coronavirus have already changed the way the addiction sector operates. What lessons has the sector learned from the crisis so far?
Happy hour, heavy drinking and hope for the future
In a deeply personal reflection on his childhood and the alcohol-soaked environment he grew up in, Eugene Carnachan describes how drinking impacts so many Māori families, the intergenerational harm it causes and how he imagines a different
Q&A: Henare O'Keefe
Local hero Henare O’Keefe is taking High Court action to overturn a liquor licence renewal in his community of Flaxmere. The Hastings District Councillor and QSM recipient, known as the ‘ambassador of love’, says Māori should have more say
Sensational sex-and-drugs story sparks research interest
Back in 2016, a provocative Newshub headline introduced middle New Zealand to the existence of “drug-fuelled sex binges” known as chemsex. Natalie Bould explains how an unfortunate media outcry prompted an important new study.
No is a vote to maintain Aotearoa’s status quo
Some say cannabis law is a tool of race and class oppression. At the same time, many people with terminal illness or chronic pain have found relief in the drug. Chloe Ann-King and Hannah McGowan investigate the history.
Helping locals stem the tide of alcohol
Concerned communities often don’t know they can object to more alcohol sales in their area or how to go about it. Te Hiringa Hauora and Community Law Centres are lending a hand.
Lessons from the Canadian cannabis legalisation
Indigenous Canadians have been dissatisfied with the way cannabis legalisation has failed to work for them.