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The Great Cannabis Debate
Two heavyweight international drug policy experts will be debating whether a legalised market for cannabis is the best option to reduce harm......
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Where now for opponents of cannabis law reform?
Steve Rolles considers how recent cannabis law reform victories are reshaping the landscape of the oldest debate in drug policy....
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Interview with Steve Walsh
Steve Walsh is now sober and enjoying a life of mountain biking and art galleries. When he takes the field at this year’s Rugby World Cup, h......
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Guest editorial: Towards global drug policy pathways that work
Ahead of the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs in 2016, the Global Commission on Drugs proposes a new drug control regim......
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ChEckiT out
The dance party scene is renowned for being up with the latest and best dance-enhancing substances. But sometimes things can go wrong. ChEck......
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Rebuilding lives, rebuilding communities
If the treatment sector gets someone into recovery is the job complete? Or is there more that can be done?...
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The drug classification alphabet
An un-evidence-based mess...
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The world watches
To legalise, or not to legalise: that is the question. Colorado, Washington and Uruguay have decided to go ahead with allowing the recreatio......
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UNGASS 2016: What prospect for change?
The NGOs closest to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the world drug problem in April aren't expecting dramati......
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Hopes dashed and raised in NYC
After a big build up, the UN's global drug talks took place in April, with mixed results. Russell Brown was there....
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Mythbusters: How attractive is the Swedish model?
A 'drug-free society' is an attractive proposition, and one pursued with vigor under Sweden's drug policy. Mythbusters sizes up the model to......
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A court that heals
Offenders opting to come under New Zealand’s first Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court choose a stretch of healing, rather than jail time......
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Needle exchange comes of age
Neeedle exchange New Zealand has come a long way since its humble and controversial beginning. It's now turned 21, and congratulations are i......
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Cracking good prevention
Fences at the top of cliffs are preferable to ambulances at the bottom. We know cannabis can cause harm, so how do we prevent people from us......
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No longer the healthy option
20 years on from the New Zealand Drug Foundation’s first cannabis and health conference, Keri Welham takes a look at Aotearoa’s most widely ......
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We're on your side
The death of a close friend made Black Power member Denis O'Reilly re-evaluate his own methamphetamine use. This is the story of one man's f......
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Drug law reform - A global snapshot
In light of the Law Commission's review Sanji Gunasekara looks at recent efforts in other jurisdictions to reform drug law....
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Little by little
Sex addicts are comic gold, coffee addicts are the epitome of urban cool, but drug addicts? Media coverage always needs two sides, so when t......
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There’s an app for that
There are new apps and programs designed to help your sobriety, but can technology replace face-to-face recovery? Sarah Peters takes a look ......
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Mythbusters: Drugs are legal in Portugal
After massively reforming its drug policy at the turn of the century, Portugal stands as a global leader of evidencebased policy grounded on......
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About a drug: Cocaine
Portrayed as one of the most glamorous drugs, cocaine has made a huge splash in pop culture and left a huge scar on South America....
Read MoreCommunities 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 somet......
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Portugal: putting health and welfare at the centre of drug policy
With solid evidence showing punitive approaches to drugs do not work, the question that arises is what to do instead? In this first instalme......
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LSD: New Zealand’s LSD history
Redmer Yska tells how LSD rose, fell and is maybe rising again for both recreational and therapeutic uses....
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