Articles with category: Media release
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.
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.
Methamphetamine programme needs funding and expansion
The NZ Drug Foundation says the Govt urgently needs to increase funding for a successful methamphetamine programme and expand it throughout the country following the release of new Police wastewater data.
New report shows drug approach continuing to cause harm
NEW: Our State of The Nation shows too many people are suffering harm and our drug laws are often compounding the problem
Drugs snapshot shows system grossly failing Māori across the board
A new report shows that New Zealand’s approach to drugs is leading to grossly unequitable outcomes for Māori across the board.
Too many people are dying from preventable overdoses
New report: Too many people are dying from preventable overdoses and Aotearoa lacks the interventions that could stop them
Michael Baker says NZ’s drug policies have hampered Covid response
The response has been undermined by “war on drugs” policies that have fuelled marginalisation and stigma .
Passage of drug checking law a moment to celebrate
New drug checking law marks a huge moment in the history of preventing drug harm in New Zealand.