Quality information and advice for individuals, friends, whānau, and communities to reduce drug harm in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our harm reduction programmes include Did You Know; Living Sober; PotHelp; DrugHelp; working with agencies to develop a drugs early warning system; supporting free drug checking services; advising workplaces on drug and alcohol issues, including our work with the NZ Defence Force; developing community responses to synthetics; partnering with ready-for-work programmes; and pushing for system and practice change in schools.
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A week of firsts: Drug checking at O-Week
University O-week is about helping new students to find their feet before study begins in earnest. It's also become notorious for unruly par......
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Urgent synthetics response underway
The Drug Foundation is teaming up with over a dozen organisations to support the Ministry of Health in developing a coordinated response to ......
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You think it’s MDMA – but is it?
You think it's MDMA - but it could be N-ethylpentylone, which is much more dangerous...
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Needle exchanges at 30: Looking back, moving forward
New Zealand Needle Exchange Executive Director Kathryn Leafe takes us back to the early days of needle exchange in New Zealand, detailing ho......
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Drug Index
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Being Safer
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Helping Someone
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Workplaces
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Did You Know
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Synthetics Crisis
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Drugs in Bars
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