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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 MoreHow to set up a community response group to co-ordinate any actions relating to a synthetic drug incidents...
Read MoreLiving Sober member Lizi Reese talks about the role alcohol played in her life and her long road to sobriety....
Read MorePhoto essay: A day in the life of drug safety checking at a kiwi music festival....
Read MoreDrugs can tear families apart. So too can the laws that police them. But family can also motivate users to put their lives back together aga......
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 MoreLotta Dann, the journalist wife of TVNZ political editor Corin Dann and a mother of three, has outed herself as a recovering alcoholic and r......
Read MoreConcerns were raised about a West Auckland school using a MethHelp booklet in the classroom. This was a good thing to do....
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 MoreDarien Fenton is standing down at the next election after nine years in Parliament. The outgoing Labour MP recently opened up in The New Zea......
Read MoreOn the tenth anniversary of his recovery, comedian Russell Brand invited Matters of Substance backstage to the final show of his Australia a......
Read MoreDrug testing is common practice in some industries and widely accepted as necessary, so advising people against it can seem counter-intuitiv......
Read MorePeople struggling with their alcohol use now have a new online place where they can go to get help anonymously from others with similar expe......
Read MoreValuable support is offered to people giving up drinking on the Living Sober website according to a survey of members conducted late last ye......
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 MoreJeff Jordon from Rescue Agency opening the conference on the topic of lowering the burdens of change when doing behaviour change marketing....
Read MoreYou think it's MDMA - but it could be N-ethylpentylone, which is much more dangerous...
Read MoreWorried about meth contamination? Should you test for meth resudue, and what if a test comes up positive? And what does it mean for your in......
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 MoreAfter a year of work behind the scenes, Living Sober is relaunching with a fresh new look and user experience improvements....
Read MoreWe want greater support for community-based solutions to problems caused by drug use. This section contains information and advice for indiv......
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 MoreFor the third year running, New Zealanders are being challenged to give up alcohol for the month of February to raise money to support young......
Read MoreNot MDMA - the public needs to be warned about Nethylpentylone...
Read MoreOn 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 part......
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 NZ Drug Foundation is calling on the NZ Police to release test results for substances suspected of leading to deaths of eight people in ......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation welcomed drug policy minister Jim Anderton’s announcement today to consult with the wider community before changing the ......
Read MoreDrug legislation and policy tend to focus too much on enforcement and tough-talk and too little on evidence about what really works, a visit......
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 MoreUsing meth? Worried about someone else's use? We've updated our MethHelp handbook and poster, which offer practical tips without judgement....
Read MoreAfter 28 days of pushing pause on booze, hundreds of New Zealanders are feeling happier and healthier due to febfast, febfast coordinator Ja......
Read MoreTrained social worker Lizzie McMillan-Makalio is manager of the site known as Wesley Community Action-Waitangirua, where six community servi......
Read MoreThe New Zealand Drug Foundation today warned against heeding calls to ban BZP, the active ingredient found in many 'party pills', because su......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation today expressed surprise that the Justice and Electoral Committee recommended only tinkering to the Alcohol Reform Bill,......
Read MoreUnderstanding the basic facts about methamphetamine is vital as respond to problematic use....
Read MoreIn April 2017 the Drug Foundation launched a refreshed version of the website. Pages have been revised and added to. Feedback welcome....
Read MoreRegister for a workshop on the the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill in February/ March 2018....
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 Drug Foundation welcomed the Government’s increased investment in reducing demand for drugs, released today in a pre-budget announcement......
Read MoreBy pushing pause on booze for February hundreds of New Zealanders have helped raise over $40,000 to support young people with alcohol and ot......
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 MoreCrucial lessons for New Zealand: Last month two Drug Foundation staff, Samuel Andrews and Gilbert Taurua travelled to Montreal, the architec......
Read MoreWe're proposing a complete overhaul of New Zealand's drug laws. This is a start....
Read MoreA third of New Zealanders have a family member who has experienced negative effects in their life due to alcohol or drug use, research commi......
Read More“I don’t want to go back down that road. It’s very dark, very messy, and very lonely in spite of the fact it feels so loving, and so nice, a......
Read MoreMembers of both Government and Opposition parties have let patients down by failing to reach an agreement on medicinal cannabis. So what now......
Read MorePolitics, the law and logistics make it difficult for official resources to provide frank, up-to-date information on psychoactive drugs. Tha......
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 MoreIt’s a glaring and obvious anomaly that substances like cannabis are illegal in New Zealand while “synthetic cannabis” – that has much the s......
Read MoreAt the 2015 Annual General Meeting we looked back at the Drug Foundation’s work over the last twelve months, and ahead to the big challenges......
Read MoreAround the world, tobacco giants are making it known that plain packaging legislation will meet with forceful litigation in international co......
Read MoreWho says people undergoing addiction treatment can't give up smoking at the same time? Mythbusters reveal new evidence and research challeng......
Read MoreWatch: Ross Bell speaks about cleaning up after the meth myth, and read: what we think should happen from here....
Read MoreWhy do some people hesitate to call for help in a life-and-death situation? Elle Hunt investigates emergency responses to overdoses in New Z......
Read MoreWinston Peters warns Government officials to take urgent action to stop further deaths from synthetic drugs...
Read MoreBig Tobacco has launched a massive campaign to try and stymie the New Zealand Government’s plans to follow Australia in plain packaging of t......
Read MoreIn a new policy briefing sent to MPs, the Drug Foundation lays out drug policy priorities for the next three years....
Read MoreAcross New Zealand, tenants are losing their homes and possessions – or receiving debilitating bills – because their houses are found to be ......
Read MoreA delegation of Drug Foundation staff joined 1500 other people from 70 countries at the 2015 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, he......
Read MoreIt's been 4 years since new liquor laws passed. They were supposed to reduce problematic consumption of alcohol without impinging on respons......
Read MoreNew Zealand has little in the way of a drug early warning system for emerging substances and usage trends. Rob Zorn summarises the issues an......
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 MoreA full understanding of the seriousness of our prescription drug misuse problem is only now beginning to emerge. It seems the 'drug seeker' ......
Read MoreSeems the inventor of the psychoactive chemicals found in synthetic cannabis products has little nice to say about the profiteering purveyor......
Read MoreSchools often believe they have no other option but to suspend students using alcohol or drugs, even though exclusion will only make the sit......
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 MoreRob Zorn talks to Downtown Community Ministry about the plight of Wellington’s addicted and homeless and why the principle of ‘housing first......
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 MoreRob Zorn tackles the thorny issue of how to set a legal cannabis purchase age...
Read MoreDrug testing in schools is rejected by some and embraced by others. So what is the score? Naomi Arnold hers from all sides of the issue....
Read MoreNaomi Arnold takes another look at our alarming death rate from synthetic cannabinoids and at some real-world responses from people working ......
Read MoreRestoring equality and addressing health outcomes for Māori come with many challenges. Matt Calman talks with four figures from the sector a......
Read MoreIf a student turns up to class stoned, they might be kicked out of school. Or they might have a restorative conference with their teachers a......
Read MorePersonal stories highlight the relationship between addiction and treatment....
Read MoreWhat would happen if Police and the justice system put less emphasis on punishing people and more on steering them towards support? Catriona......
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 MoreHarm reduction is about saving lives and treating people with respect. While we led the world with the first government sanctioned needle ex......
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