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New Programme To Help Protect Youth Exposed To Gambling Hidden In Online Gaming
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 7:00 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
PGF’s Director of Advocacy and Public Health Andrée Froude says early exposure to gambling behaviours can lead to long-term harm. More >>
Urgent Action Called For After Alarming Increases In Methamphetamine And Cocaine Consumption
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 7:11 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
National Drugs in Wastewater Testing Programme results released by NZ Police today show methamphetamine consumption in the third quarter of 2024 was over double the average quantity consumed per week over the previous year. More >>
Two New Studies Show A Concerning Increase In Drug Use And Availability
Saturday, 23 November 2024, 7:56 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Drug Foundation Executive Director Sarah Helm says that the latest findings are a cause for concern, especially given the addictive nature of the drugs that are becoming more commonly used. More >>
Untreated ADHD Leading To Addiction And Drug Harm
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 2:07 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Evidence also shows that people with ADHD and SUD are more likely to die early, especially if their ADHD is untreated or unmanaged. More >>
New Report Shows NZ Loses Three People A Week To Preventable Overdose
Friday, 13 September 2024, 10:31 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
The report shows that some groups are impacted more severely than others, including 45-54-year-olds, who have the highest overdose mortality rate of any age group, and Māori, who suffer a fatal overdose rate 2.4 times higher than non-Māori. More >>
Potentially Lethal Dose Of Methamphetamine Found In Rinda Pineapple Lolly Wrapping
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 4:34 am | NZ Drug Foundation
The Foundation has notified High Alert, who are part of the National Drug Intelligence Bureau, responsible for drug harm notifications. More >>
Funding Boost And Significant Shift Needed For Health-based Approach To Drugs
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 2:02 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
The Foundation outlined its vision for what health, harm reduction, and addiction services should look like for people who use drugs in a new paper, A health-based approach to drug harm in Aotearoa, released to coincide with the global day of action ... More >>
Expert Pharmac Committee Recommends Funding For Overdose Reversal Nasal Spray
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 7:44 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Public funding for a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal nasal spray is one step closer, with an expert committee saying that funding the medicine for use by non-paramedic first responders and people at high risk of an opioid overdose is a high priority. ... More >>
1 In 5 Drugs Not As Expected - 2023 Drug Checking Report
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 10:38 am | NZ Drug Foundation
Significant growth in drug checking availability and uptake is helping to prevent harm in more parts of the community, the NZ Drug Foundation Te Puna Whakaiti Pāmamae Kai Whakapiri says. The Foundation’s drug checking service tested 2602 samples ... More >>
New Report Shows Significant Increase In Cocaine Use
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 10:30 am | NZ Drug Foundation
A new report that pulls together New Zealand’s latest drug use data shows a significant increase in cocaine use over the past year, while MDMA and methamphetamine use has decreased slightly. Drug Use in Aotearoa , released by the NZ Drug Foundation Te ... More >>
Funding Vital For Overdose Nasal Spray
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 9:24 am | NZ Drug Foundation
Drug harm experts say funding for a nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses is critical in the face of an increasingly toxic drug supply and the emergence of powerful synthetic opioids. Pharmac’s Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (PTAC) ... More >>
Asian Alcohol And Drug Survey Shows More Use Than Previously Thought
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 9:36 am | NZ Drug Foundation
Asian Family Services and the New Zealand Drug Foundation Te Puna Whakaiti Pāmamae Kai Whakapiri are calling for more services that cater to Asian New Zealanders, following the release of a new report (PDF, 1.2 MB) showing higher levels of drug use and harm ... More >>
Drug Foundation Urges Public To Check Drugs As Highly Potent Opioid Spreads
Saturday, 4 November 2023, 3:03 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
A group of powerful synthetic opioids that were first detected in the country just a year ago may have already been linked to several deaths. A notification released by High Alert late yesterday is just the latest in a series of warnings about nitazenes, ... More >>
Party Positions On Drug Overdoses Show Cross-party Progress Possible
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 2:21 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Willingness from across the political spectrum to explore critical overdose prevention measures shows that cross-party progress can be made no matter the result of the election, the NZ Drug Foundation Te Puna Whakaiti Pāmamae Kai Whakapiri says. It ... More >>
Drug Foundation Calls For Urgent Action On Overdose Deaths
Monday, 26 June 2023, 7:05 am | NZ Drug Foundation
NZ Drug Foundation Executive Director Sarah Helm says fear of criminalisation is costing New Zealanders’ lives and measures are urgently needed to stem growing overdose fatalities. In honour of international Support Don’t Punish Day 2023, ... More >>
Drug Foundation Warns Some LSD Circulating Is More Dangerous Drug
Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 6:16 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
The Drug Foundation is urging caution after drug checking services at Rhythm and Vines (RnV) found paper tabs sold as LSD were in fact the potent psychedelic and stimulant, 25B-NBOH. The samples were tested by the Drug Foundation’s drug-checking ... More >>
Increase In Overdose Deaths Must Prompt Action
Saturday, 5 November 2022, 1:24 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
The NZ Drug Foundation says a 54% increase in drug overdose deaths between 2017 and 2021 is deeply concerning and must prompt swift action on lifesaving preventative measures. The increase – which was driven by growing numbers of deaths from opioids, ... More >>
NZ Drug Foundation Response To Police Statement On Drug-related Death In Canterbury
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 7:11 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
NZ Drug Foundation response to Police statement on drug-related death in Canterbury Sarah Helm, NZ Drug Foundation Executive Director: “Our thoughts are with this person’s friends and whānau. “It is unusual for Police to comment on an incident ... More >>
New Report Calls For Overhaul To Methamphetamine Approach
Sunday, 4 September 2022, 1:48 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
New Zealand’s approach to methamphetamine needs a thorough overhaul, with existing policies failing the community and causing significant harm, a new report shows. Minimising the Harms from Methamphetamine , jointly commissioned by the NZ Drug Foundation ... More >>
Proposal Aims To Get Drug Overdoses Off Auckland's Inner-city Streets
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 6:47 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
An overdose prevention centre would reduce harm and save lives by shifting drug use off city streets and into a safe, medically-supervised setting alongside basic health, harm reduction and support services, says the NZ Drug Foundation. The Foundation’s ... More >>
