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The newness and number of synthetics mean that there are not substance-specific clinical pathways, however, general first aid helps....
Read MoreIf someone is around people using synthetics or already using them, they need information about safer use and how to access help....
Read MoreDanger, Will Robinson! Danger! A new drug has emerged. Unlike Lost in Space, we don’t have an early warning system for emerging synthetic dr......
Read MoreUsing meth? Worried about someone else's use? We've updated our MethHelp handbook and poster, which offer practical tips without judgement....
Read MoreKnowYourStuffNZ have analysed results from drug checking they offered at several festivals around NZ over the summer. Read a summary of the ......
Read MoreHow to set up a community response group to co-ordinate any actions relating to a synthetic drug incidents...
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......
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Read MoreInformation about Hepatitis C, find out what it is, common ways it is contracted, treatment and ways to find out if you have Hepatitis C....
Read MoreThe government has announced mandatory alcohol interlocks for some convicted drink drivers. Our correspondent talks about what it's like to ......
Read MorePhoto essay: A day in the life of drug safety checking at a kiwi music festival....
Read MoreOver 40 people have died from synthetic drugs in the past year. We see this as a public health crisis, which requires an urgent response....
Read MoreDuring the 2016/2017 summer festival season, we helped community group KnowYourStuffNZ offer free drug testing to more than three hundred fe......
Read MoreOur new Did You Know video and poster explain what synthetic psychoactive substances are, why they are so unpredictable and dangerous, and h......
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 MoreIf you are using drugs, it is important to know the risks, your rights, and what you are using....
Read MoreYou think it's MDMA - but it could be N-ethylpentylone, which is much more dangerous...
Read MoreGet harm reduction information about common drugs in New Zealand. Each page describes the effects of using, advice for reducing risk, signs ......
Read MoreAlcohol is produced when grains, fruit or vegetables ferment and are distilled....
Read MoreLSD (lysergic acid diethylamide or ‘acid’) can come as an odourless white powder, but is most commonly available in squares of blotting pape......
Read MoreBenzodiazepines are medications prescribed as sleeping pills, muscle relaxants, and to help treat anxiety, epilepsy and alcohol withdrawal....
Read MoreLeaves from the tobacco plant contain nicotine, which is the active chemical in cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff or snus....
Read MoreMethylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a chemical stimulant and the active ingredient in ecstasy....
Read MoreCocaine is a highly processed form of the coca leaf. It is usually a white odourless powder....
Read MoreGamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) was originally synthesised for use as an anaesthetic. Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) is a more potent version of GHB....
Read MoreHeroin is the most potent type of drug created from the opium poppy. It typically comes as a white or brown powder....
Read MoreMethamphetamine (meth) is one of a number of amphetamine-type drugs. Some have medical uses and are made by pharmaceutical companies....
Read MoreMany pot smokers who smoke and drive will say they're fine to get behind the wheel. Mythbusters looks at the evidence to see whether this is......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation is calling for drug checking services to be available at venues such as festivals and nightclubs, to reduce harm caused ......
Read MoreSmoking cannabis is 114 times safer than drinking booze. Many newspapers and websites ran headlines along these lines when they reported new......
Read MoreWe've always known that drug law reform is socially responsible. Now we know it's fiscally responsible too....
Read MoreSchools are being responsible teaching about drugs. Any debate about how best to do this is very welcome....
Read MoreCannabis is a preparation of the Cannabis Sativa plant that is used as a drug and medicine....
Read MoreThe New Zealand government could save millions of dollars by diverting New Zealanders with drug problems out of the court system and into th......
Read MoreDear media: In the stampede to get the story out first, please check your facts....
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 MoreThe drug checking team will be back doing the rounds at music festivals this summer, practicing harm reduction and trying to save lives....
Read MoreThe Government has announced they will not go ahead with plans to build a “mega prison” at Waikeria in the Waikato....
Read MoreIn April 2017 the Drug Foundation launched a refreshed version of the website. Pages have been revised and added to. Feedback welcome....
Read MoreAcknowledging the reasons most people actually use alcohol and other drugs could help them use them more safely, argues Global Drug Survey f......
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 MoreDr David Caldicott argues that the evidence for its effectiveness seems real and that we should get on with exploring a medicinal regime in ......
Read MoreIt’s almost the stuff of science fiction. Will trending new handheld devices for identifying substances become an important and useful detec......
Read MoreShort of a pill that will magically take addiction away, are e-cigarettes the best smoking cessation device since the humble patch?...
Read MoreOrganisers are calling this week’s Healthy Drug Law Symposium the most significant drug policy discussion in New Zealand’s history....
Read MoreListed here is news coverage of the 2017 Through the Maze: Health Drug Law parliamentary symposium...
Read MoreLast year, the Ministry of Health published a report on what kiwis know and think about illegal drugs. Not all the findings were predictable......
Read MoreLockout laws may just be the next weapon in New Zealand's arsenal against late night alcohol-fuelled violence. But just how effective are th......
Read MoreAmberleigh Jack embraces the dark side to investigate hidden and illicit drug marketplaces online....
Read MoreResults from the Drug Foundation’s survey into driving and drugs suggest “cannabis driving” is a serious road safety issue in New Zealand....
Read MoreCareNZ's new boss talks to Matters of Substance about how she's gone from running treatement centres in prisons, to running the Soweto marat......
Read MoreUntil recently Norway has been wed to conservative drug law. This looks like it will change in a recent, sudden and surprising turn of event......
Read MoreGreg O'Connor has seen a lot of change since he was elected President of the NZ Police Association....
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 MoreThe Ministry of Health has recently taken an important initial step in addressing one of five priority areas of the National Drug Policy (ND......
Read MoreSupervised injection sites are legally sanctioned, medically supervised facilities designed to reduce harm from injecting drug use. Overwhel......
Read MoreRob Zorn tackles the thorny issue of how to set a legal cannabis purchase age...
Read MorePolice are uniquely placed to be first responders to alcohol, drug and mental health call-outs in our communities, but how do they fare? New......
Read MoreFiji may be an island paradise, but like any other country, it has its fair share of drug-related woes. Jacob Quinn looks at some local harm......
Read MoreThe Law Commission's review of the Misuse of Drugs Act cannot come soon enough. The Drug Foundation has some ideas about how a new Act shoul......
Read MoreCannabis and cars don’t mix. We know pot causes impairment, but just how much, and is it even that dangerous? Damian Christie looks at one o......
Read MoreIt looks like cannabis, it has cannabis in the name, but is synthetic cannabis really cannabis? James Robinson investigates the health effec......
Read MoreThere is a wide spectrum of views on how much (or, in some cases, even whether) cannabis causes harm. Rob Zorn examines how harmful cannabis......
Read MoreOver-prescription of opioid painkillers: How bad is it in NZ?...
Read MoreFences 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......
Read MoreIn country after country a vast array of new psychoactive substances, rapidly spread via online sources, is causing havoc for law and policy......
Read MoreTo legalise, or not to legalise: that is the question. Colorado, Washington and Uruguay have decided to go ahead with allowing the recreatio......
Read MoreNZ Drug Foundation has developed a new model drug law based on evidence and experience. We believe it makes a lot of sense and would go a lo......
Read MoreGlobally, an estimated 69,000 people die each year from opioid overdose. The drug naloxone can quickly block opioid receptors in the brain a......
Read MoreThe NGOs closest to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the world drug problem in April aren't expecting dramati......
Read MoreAll around the world, things are rapidly changing. There are signs the War on Drugs may be running out of steam, new technologies promise ne......
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 MoreThe basic facts about what drugs are available and regularly used in New Zealand....
Read MoreEvery week a New Zealander dies of an overdose. Sadly, many of these deaths are entirely preventable, but the stigma surrounding injecting d......
Read MoreThe Briefing to the Incoming Parliament (BIP), a policy brief prepared by the Drug Foundation for all parliamentarians, was publicly release......
Read MoreWhat's to be done about caffeine and alcohol mixed beverages, the popular poly-drug choice of the recently post-pubescent?...
Read MoreFormer Prime Minister Helen Clark told people working in the addictions treatment sector we need a fresh approach to drug policy. This inclu......
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