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Thirty-seven years into the War on Drugs, the 2012 United Nations World Drug Report says the rate of reported cannabis use in Oceania (essen......
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 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 MoreWith a host of agencies diligently working together to tackle New Zealand’s meth problem over the last six years, it’s timely to ask how thi......
Read MoreAfter a big build up, the UN's global drug talks took place in April, with mixed results. Russell Brown was there....
Read MoreFor some, the 57th Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna this year was disappointing. For others, there were glimmers of hope....
Read MoreAn employer should provide employees with the highest level of protection from risks, as is reasonably practicable. Dangerous behaviour resu......
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 MoreIn our second segment looking objectively at both sides of a contentious issue, we consider whether dope-smoking athletes should be diciplin......
Read MoreThe Misuse of Drugs Act is outdated.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 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 MoreLatest figures: New Zealand is still arresting, charging and convicting thousands of people every year for drug-related offences....
Read MoreA 'drug-free society' is an attractive proposition, and one pursued with vigor under Sweden's drug policy. Mythbusters sizes up the model to......
Read MoreAnn Fordham argues that the UN may be its own worst enemy in addressing global drug and crime links....
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 MoreWe’re just a few months into the new Trump-led America, and while some of his initial appointments are troubling, there’s no clear indicatio......
Read MoreReform of international drug policy seems inevitable, but questions remain. “How broad will the reforms be and how long before a new stable ......
Read MoreTo effectively ensure young people can thrive in a world where drugs exist, a Whole Schools approach is being promoted....
Read MoreThe National Drug Policy 2015-2020 is finally out. How does it stack up? Drug Foundation Principal Policy Advisor Andrew Zielinski looks at ......
Read MoreThis section includes details of the areas that the NZ Drug Foundation is actively working on....
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 MoreRob Zorn tackles the thorny issue of how to set a legal cannabis purchase age...
Read MoreLocal Alcohol Policies promised more community participation. Has the new Act delivered?...
Read MoreUnited Nations Secretary-General and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Kofi Annan took time to answer questions from Matters of Substance a......
Read MoreIn this message to New Zealand politicians, Kali Mercier, the Drug Foundation’s Senior Advocacy and Policy Adviser, explains why drug law re......
Read MoreIn his recent book The New Zealand Project, Max Harris proposes transforming our political process so that it is based on values and focused......
Read MoreWhat hope is there that this is the direction law makers will take in our new Parliament? Emma Espiner examines the prospects....
Read MoreAcross the Horn of Africa, there is a scraggly plant that grows in the dry hillsides and sandy rocky soils. Its small green leaves and avera......
Read MoreAfter massively reforming its drug policy at the turn of the century, Portugal stands as a global leader of evidencebased policy grounded on......
Read MoreGreg O'Connor has seen a lot of change since he was elected President of the NZ Police Association....
Read MoreThe Waitangi Tribunal’s (Wai 2540) Tu¯ Mai te Rangi! report says the Crown has breached its Treaty of Waitangi obligations by failing to add......
Read MoreBefore Beau Kilmer gave a keynote address at the Australasian Drug and Alcohol Strategy Conference in Brisbane, we invited the RAND Corporat......
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 MoreGreen MP Chlöe Swarbrick speaks to Q&A about her reaction to the medicinal cannabis bill, and what life is like as a new MP...
Read MoreJust after his resignation as Minister of State for the Home Office responsible for the drugs portfolio in November 2014, British MP Norman ......
Read MoreA report on medical cannabis published yesterday by the Health Select Committee is a disappointing once-over glance at a medicine that is of......
Read MoreIn September the Drug Foundation made submissions on two Ministry of Health consultation documents: Policy Options for the Regulation of Ele......
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 MoreBeing sequestered at an abandoned quarantine station in Manly provided the perfect location for some deep thinking about drug policy researc......
Read MoreA report released today about the deaths of young New Zealanders from poisoning shows the need for a new drug policy, the New Zealand Drug F......
Read MoreThe passing of the Alcohol Reform Bill into law today was met with a resounding “meh” by the New Zealand Drug Foundation....
Read MoreThe Government can still change the Alcohol Reform Bill to address harm caused by long trading hours of alcohol retailers, the New Zealand D......
Read MoreOrganisers are calling this week’s Healthy Drug Law Symposium the most significant drug policy discussion in New Zealand’s history....
Read MoreSignificant harm reduction to the people of New Zealand or simplistic political rhetoric. Those were presented as the alternatives to attend......
Read MoreDrug policy makers, health professionals and politicians meet in Wellington next week to discuss the future of New Zealand's drug laws and p......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation today described the government’s alcohol policy proposals as feeble, saying they are a soft political response to a seri......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation welcomed drug policy minister Jim Anderton’s announcement today to consult with the wider community before changing the ......
Read MoreThe New Zealand Drug Foundation today called for all political parties to stop treating drug issues as a publicity platform and instead deve......
Read MoreThe Drug Foundation welcomes the Government’s announcement that Housing New Zealand will adopt a new policy when it detects methamphetamine ......
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Read MoreRegulations to rein in meth testing industry announced, following report from Govt's chief science advisor...
Read MoreExecutive Director Ross says much suffering would have been avoided if run away methamphetamine testing had been tackled sooner....
Read MoreNew Zealand knows what to do: Our submission to the Mental Health & Addictions Inquiry...
Read MoreCanada’s decision to legalise and regulate cannabis is a public health win, and something the NZ government should look to emulate....
Read MoreAs Canada prepares to roll out its legal marijuana legislation this summer, indigenous communities are concerned about how much autonomy the......
Read MoreWinston Peters warns Government officials to take urgent action to stop further deaths from synthetic drugs...
Read MoreAn new international indigenous network for drug law reform was launched on 27 November at Healing Our Spirit Worldwide – The Eighth Gatheri......
Read MoreA new State of the Nation report we released in January 2019 shows that while we are doing well in some areas, there is massive room for imp......
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Read MoreExperts from around New Zealand, and from overseas, gathered in Wellington on Tuesday 30 August for a Drug Policy Symposium organised by NZ ......
Read MoreThrough the Maze: Cannabis and Health International Drug Policy Symposium brought together some of the best minds about cannabis and health ......
Read MoreThe New Zealand Drug Foundation today released its policy on medicinal cannabis, supporting the medical use of cannabis under a trial regime......
Read MoreHelen Clark: Decriminalising drugs is the “hardest of all issues.”...
Read MoreThe Through the Maze: Healthy Drug Law symposium was held in Wellington to discuss a number of drug-related local issues, including the revi......
Read MoreDetailed on this page are the biographies for the speakers at the 2017 Through the maze symposium....
Read MoreRead about what happened at Through the maze: Healthy drug law parliamentary symposium, 5-6 July 2017....
Read MoreThe biggest global conversation on drug policy in the last 15 years was run by the United Nations in New York City 19-20 April 2016....
Read MoreQuestions about what exactly is synthetic cannabis and the latest research on pot imitations will be addressed at the New Zealand Drug Found......
Read MoreTwo heavyweight international drug policy experts will be debating whether a legalised market for cannabis is the best option to reduce harm......
Read MoreOur Through the Maze symposium in July was a starting point for change....
Read MoreThe 2nd International Symposium on Drugs and Driving was hosted in Wellington to confront the challenges of responding to drug impaired driv......
Read MoreThe Briefing to the Incoming Parliament (BIP), a policy brief prepared by the Drug Foundation for all parliamentarians, was publicly release......
Read MoreBud, chronic, dak, dope, ganja, grass, maryjane, reefer and skunk. We all know the slang terms for cannabis. Half of us have tried it, and o......
Read MoreWellington coroner Garry Evans has ignored best practice and a wealth of international evidence in his criticism of New Zealand’s harm-minim......
Read MoreOvercoming problem drug use has much more to do with addressing socio-economic factors than physiological or psychological addiction, a Drug......
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 MoreGet an update on Canadian drug policy at our AGM, from leading scientist Professor Benedikt Fischer who very recently arrived in Auckland fr......
Read MoreIn 2016 we are finally seeing signs that public health, social support and drug policy do mix....
Read MoreGilbert Taurua highlights indegnous drug issues at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indegnous Issues...
Read MoreLearn about recommendations from the Global Commission on Drug Policy in it's new report "Regulation: the responsible control opf drugs"...
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Read MoreFormer Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark as the 25th member of the highly respected Global Commission on Drug Policy. The appointment is a w......
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 MoreWatch the presentations from the 2017 Through the maze: Healthy drug law symposium....
Read MoreTwenty years on from the New Zealand Drug Foundation’s first cannabis and health symposium, Professor Wayne Hall is returning to New Zealand......
Read MoreRuth Dreifuss and Helen Clark of the Global Commission on Drug Policy speak about the responsible control of drugs...
Read MoreA visiting British drug expert told the Healthy Drug Law Symposium in Wellington today that health and law enforcement professionals would b......
Read MoreFind out what the NZ Drug Foundation stands for, our plans and achievements, and who is involved....
Read MoreWhen Sanho Tree visited Aotearoa New Zealand in February 2016 he grabbed everyone’s attention by sharing many counter-intuitive responses to......
Read MoreAddiction treatment in New Zealand has been seriously underfunded for many decades, National Addiction Centre Director Professor Doug Sellma......
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 MoreYury Fedotov, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime writes about the important role of civil society....
Read MoreThe New Zealand Drug Foundation is hosting Professor David Nutt for a lunchtime presentation on ‘Drugs without the hot air: minimising the h......
Read MoreA delegation of Drug Foundation staff joined 1500 other people from 70 countries at the 2015 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, he......
Read MoreCost benefit analysis undertaken by Sense Partners shows that the benefits of a package of drug law reform measures will outweight the costs......
Read MoreNot 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......
Read MoreThe New Zealand Drug Foundation today launched a comprehensive plan to reduce the harm that alcohol causes in New Zealand society....
Read MoreWe're proposing a complete overhaul of New Zealand's drug laws. This is a start....
Read MoreA new State of the Nation report we released in January 2019 shows that while we are doing well in some areas, there is massive room for imp......
Read MoreHow we got here was not by accident, but due to a series of legal changes with unintended consequences. Samuel Andrews explains how the synt......
Read MoreThe Government’s response to synthetic drug deaths is welcomed by the Drug Foundation. This is an important step towards treating drug use a......
Read MoreAfter the Ha¯paitia te Oranga Tangata summit in August, Dennis O’Reilly started thinking about how to address the wicked criminal justice pr......
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