Articles with category: Media release
Feb 19 2009
Harsh cannabis laws defy good sense
Drug legislation and policy tend to focus too much on enforcement and tough-talk and too little on evidence about what really works, a visiting expert told the Healthy Drug Law Symposium in Wellington today. The result is often irrational l
Feb 19 2009
Commitment needed for international drug control
A visiting United Nations official told the Healthy Drug Law Symposium in Wellington today that the UN-led international drug control system has been successful, despite criticism and that it is essential the world community works together
Feb 19 2009
Treatment smartest option for drug offenders
The New Zealand government could save millions of dollars by diverting New Zealanders with drug problems out of the court system and into the health system, says a major international expert.
Feb 18 2009
What alternative to the War on Drugs?
Drug control in the form of prohibition or a ‘War on Drugs’ has been a spectacular failure, a visiting American expert told a symposium in Wellington today. However, he says the alternative is not to abandon the effort altogether, but to fi
Feb 18 2009
Communities need to re-think drug attitudes
Not my family, and never my child. Tony Trimingham says that, like most people, he knew little about drug-taking and thought it wasn't something that would ever affect him. Then he discovered his son, Damien, was using heroin.
Feb 16 2009
Drug policy symposium an unprecedented event
Organisers are calling this week’s Healthy Drug Law Symposium the most significant drug policy discussion in New Zealand’s history.
Aug 6 2008
Time for political consensus on alcohol
The Drug Foundation is urging all political parties to support a new alcohol bill announced by the government today, saying the bill addresses key weaknesses in our current liquor law through amendments which shouldn’t be politically conten
Jun 26 2008
Drug Foundation launches Volatile Substance Guide for Retailers
The New Zealand Drug Foundation today launched a guide for retailers on managing the sale of volatile substances.
Mar 31 2008
Drug Foundation urges moratorium and independent analysis of new party pills
On the eve of the BZP party pill ban, the New Zealand Drug Foundation has called for a voluntary moratorium on sales of all new non-BZP party pills until an independent analysis has been carried out to determine their risk.
Feb 20 2008
Drug Policy Roundtable challenged to avoid rhetoric and ignorance
Significant harm reduction to the people of New Zealand or simplistic political rhetoric. Those were presented as the alternatives to attendees at the Drug Policy Roundtable in Wellington this morning.
Feb 14 2008
Experts to debate New Zealand drug laws
Drug policy makers, health professionals and politicians meet in Wellington next week to discuss the future of New Zealand's drug laws and policies.
Nov 1 2007
It’s high time we talk about pot
Bud, chronic, dak, dope, ganja, grass, maryjane, reefer and skunk. We all know the slang terms for cannabis. Half of us have tried it, and one-in-eight uses it regularly.