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The Drug Foundation is calling for drug checking services to be available at venues such as festivals and nightclubs, to reduce harm caused ......
Read MoreWith the summer festival circuit over for another year, some people will be looking back on a close shave they had as a result of using drug......
Read MoreThe dance party scene is renowned for being up with the latest and best dance-enhancing substances. But sometimes things can go wrong. ChEck......
Read MoreKnowYourStuffNZ have analysed results from drug checking they offered at several festivals around NZ over the summer. Read a summary of the ......
Read MoreJournalist Russell Brown talks with those behind free drug checking, whose job is made all the more difficult for having to operate under th......
Read MoreThe tragic deaths in Auckland that were likely caused by new synthetic drugs is a wake up call....
Read MorePhoto essay: A day in the life of drug safety checking at a kiwi music festival....
Read MoreDuring the 2016/2017 summer festival season, we helped community group KnowYourStuffNZ offer free drug testing to more than three hundred fe......
Read MoreMany festival-goers take drugs. But last summer, a significant number decided against it after being told the drug they were about to take w......
Read MoreHelp our PledgeMe campaign. We're asking New Zealanders to support the expansion of free drug checking services at more music festivals....
Read MoreThe drug checking team will be back doing the rounds at music festivals this summer, practicing harm reduction and trying to save lives....
Read MoreThere’s a new drug on the scene at festivals, and it's NOT Ecstasy...
Read MoreYou think it's MDMA - but it could be N-ethylpentylone, which is much more dangerous...
Read MoreFree drug checking gives people accurate information about what is in their drugs, allowing them to make more informed choices for their saf......
Read MoreWe want greater support for community-based solutions to problems caused by drug use. This section contains information and advice for indiv......
Read MoreDear media: In the stampede to get the story out first, please check your facts....
Read MoreNot MDMA - the public needs to be warned about Nethylpentylone...
Read MoreCrucial lessons for New Zealand: Last month two Drug Foundation staff, Samuel Andrews and Gilbert Taurua travelled to Montreal, the architec......
Read MoreSwitzerland’s national drug policy, introduced in the 1990s, comprises four pillars: prevention, therapy, harm reduction and prohibition. Th......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation is teaming up with over a dozen organisations to support the Ministry of Health in developing a coordinated response to ......
Read MoreWith solid evidence showing punitive approaches to drugs do not work, the question that arises is what to do instead? In this first instalme......
Read MoreKiwis should have another look at their drug laws, writes Ross Bell, Drug Foundation executive director...
Read MoreThere are new apps and programs designed to help your sobriety, but can technology replace face-to-face recovery? Sarah Peters takes a look ......
Read MoreSeems the inventor of the psychoactive chemicals found in synthetic cannabis products has little nice to say about the profiteering purveyor......
Read MorePolitics, the law and logistics make it difficult for official resources to provide frank, up-to-date information on psychoactive drugs. Tha......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation's Stephen Blyth visits US states where it's legal to possess, use and sell cannabis...
Read MoreNew Zealand’s history of drugs and the laws to control them....
Read MoreAcross New Zealand, tenants are losing their homes and possessions – or receiving debilitating bills – because their houses are found to be ......
Read MoreOffenders opting to come under New Zealand’s first Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court choose a stretch of healing, rather than jail time......
Read MoreSupporting schools to address drug and alcohol issues, while keeping students engaged in education...
Read MoreThis section includes details of the areas that the NZ Drug Foundation is actively working on....
Read MoreNaomi Arnold takes another look at our alarming death rate from synthetic cannabinoids and at some real-world responses from people working ......
Read MoreA succession of reports show that Māori are affected significantly more than Pākehā by our drug laws. Russell Brown looks into the issues an......
Read MoreBeing sequestered at an abandoned quarantine station in Manly provided the perfect location for some deep thinking about drug policy researc......
Read MoreOur regular Matters of Substance magazine is one way we share the best writing on drug policy and practice based on the best evidence availa......
Read MoreFind out what the NZ Drug Foundation stands for, our plans and achievements, and who is involved....
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Read MoreDetails for the Board members and staff of the NZ Drug Foundation. Updated May 2017....
Read MoreAlexander “Sasha” Shulgin was born on 17 June 1925 and died, aged 88, at home in California on 2 June 2014....
Read MoreWith few Local Alcohol Plans (LAPs) in place, communities are forced into being reactive when faced with new applications for liquor licence......
Read MoreAlcohol marketing on social media is cheap, successful and legal. But researchers say New Zealand should be attempting to control marketers’......
Read MoreThe government must urgently act to end the persistent failure by the criminal justice system to address disproportionate Māori reoffending ......
Read MoreA one day course exploring what it means to put in place a public health approach to drugs, and how do we get there. Wellington, 26 February......
Read MoreIf you are using drugs, it is important to know the risks, your rights, and what you are using....
Read MoreCan a person chronically dependent on alcohol really die if they abruptly stop drinking? Or is this just another clever excuse not to part w......
Read MoreWelfare beneficiaries who use alcohol and drugs are likely to be targeted under a new, tougher regime if recommendations by the Welfare Work......
Read MoreAmidst the media storm about the election of Donald Trump to President of the United States it was easy to miss the other big news on 8 Nove......
Read MoreDrug use doesn’t always lead to dependence or addiction....
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Read MoreManaging alcohol and other drug use in the workplace....
Read MoreAn employer should provide employees with the highest level of protection from risks, as is reasonably practicable. Dangerous behaviour resu......
Read MoreIt is important for employers and employees to understand their rights, responsibilities, and facts when it comes to drug testing....
Read MoreGet harm reduction information about common drugs in New Zealand. Each page describes the effects of using, advice for reducing risk, signs ......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation welcomed drug policy minister Jim Anderton’s announcement today to consult with the wider community before changing the ......
Read MoreHeroin is the most potent type of drug created from the opium poppy. It typically comes as a white or brown powder....
Read MoreNBOMe is a potent group of synthetic hallucinogenic drugs that mimic LSD and have been linked to many deaths overseas....
Read MoreCannabis is a preparation of the Cannabis Sativa plant that is used as a drug and medicine....
Read MoreIf you're regularly talking with teenagers and young people, it can be difficult knowing what to tell them about drugs. It's important to re......
Read MoreStarting this Sunday, New Zealanders from around the country are taking part in FebFast, an annual fundraising campaign that challenges part......
Read MoreMethamphetamine (meth) is one of a number of amphetamine-type drugs. Some have medical uses and are made by pharmaceutical companies....
Read MoreA new campaign which shows young New Zealanders that cannabis can impair driving, and which supports young people to find alternatives to dr......
Read MoreMethylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a chemical stimulant and the active ingredient in ecstasy....
Read MoreThe basic facts about what drugs are available and regularly used in New Zealand....
Read MoreThe Misuse of Drugs Act is outdated. It is time for modern drug law fit for the the 21st Century. The Drug Foundation is working for change....
Read MoreThe Government’s promised mental health and addictions review is off the starting block....
Read MoreWe're hosting a hui in the Rūātoki, Eastern Bay of Plenty, on 31 August 2017 to talk about how drug law harms many Māori, and solutions to t......
Read MoreA majority of the public favours a change to the legal status of cannabis according to a new poll commissioned by the NZ Drug Foundation....
Read MoreTo effectively ensure young people can thrive in a world where drugs exist, a Whole Schools approach is being promoted....
Read MoreLiving Sober's online community’s manager and Editor-in-Chief Lotta Dann today launched her second book, Mrs D is Going Within....
Read MoreWin a copy of Mrs D is Going Within by simply retweeting or sharing a giveaway post by NZ Drug Foundation or Matua Raḵi from their Facebook ......
Read Morefebfast kicked off 28 days of booze free bliss with a bang over the weekend and there is still time to register, febfast coordinator Natalia......
Read MorePeople who overdid it at the Wellington Sevens last weekend can give their livers a break for the rest of February by signing up to febfast....
Read MoreWe can send you resources about healthy approaches to alcohol and other drugs....
Read MoreNew Zealand Drug Foundation civil society statement to the plenary of the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem...
Read MoreAotearoa New Zealand Leaders Join Over 1,000 Worldwide Calling for End to "Disastrous" Drug War Ahead of UN Special Session...
Read MoreVisiting Wellington this week is a public education campaign which challenges drivers who think driving after smoking cannabis is okay....
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Read MoreIt's time to talk about drug law, and the harms it causes to Māori ensnared in the justice system because of minor drug offences. Hui in Te......
Read MoreChemsex is believed to be on the increase amongst gay men, but it can expose participants to risk. A recent event encouraged men to speak op......
Read MoreIn December 2017 all MPs were sent a comprehensive briefing setting out drug policy priorities for the next three years. Download the full r......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation welcomes the Government’s announcement that Housing New Zealand will adopt a new policy when it detects methamphetamine ......
Read MoreIn a new policy briefing sent to MPs, the Drug Foundation lays out drug policy priorities for the next three years....
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation welcomed the government’s announcement to establish a government-run medical cannabis scheme as part of its First 100 Da......
Read MoreTell us what you think of the Drug Foundation's proposals for a complete overhaul of NZ's drug laws....
Read MoreHelen Clark: Decriminalising drugs is the “hardest of all issues.”...
Read MoreAustralian death penalty experts to visit New Zealand – Monday 21 September 2015...
Read MoreThe New Zealand Drug Foundation is partnering with Rape Prevention Education for FebFast 2015, which will challenge participants to experien......
Read MoreRead all the latest news, media releases and event notices/ reports from the NZ Drug Foundation....
Read MoreConcerns at worrying levels of drug use within some communities in Northland underpinned calls for action at a hui run by the Drug Foundatio......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation’s State of the Nation report is a snapshot of how New Zealand is dealing with alcohol and other drugs. . The 2018 repor......
Read MoreYou think it's MDMA - but it could be N-ethylpentylone, which is much more dangerous...
Read MoreThere’s a new drug on the scene at festivals, and it's NOT Ecstasy...
Read MoreThe drug checking team will be back doing the rounds at music festivals this summer, practicing harm reduction and trying to save lives....
Read MoreKnowYourStuffNZ have analysed results from drug checking they offered at several festivals around NZ over the summer. Read a summary of the ......
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