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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 >>
Drug Foundation Urges Govt To Remove Barriers To Lifesaving Overdose Medicine
Thursday, 21 July 2022, 10:39 am | NZ Drug Foundation
The Drug Foundation is calling on the Government to urgently make it easier for New Zealanders to freely access a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication, so that the country is prepared in the face of a future fentanyl crisis. Drug Foundation ... More >>
New Poll Shows Most New Zealanders Support Change In Drug Laws
Monday, 27 June 2022, 6:45 am | NZ Drug Foundation
New polling shows most New Zealanders support changing the country’s drug laws to remove criminal penalties and instead offer education, treatment, and other health-based approaches. The new polling, conducted by The Navigators for the NZ Drug Foundation, ... More >>
Drug Foundation On Budget ‘22: Good, Not Transformative
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 6:53 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
The New Zealand Drug Foundation welcomes the Government using Budget 2022 to increase funding for addiction services and tackle inequalities and health issues that can worsen drug harm. However, the Foundation says the Budget does not herald a transformative ... More >>
Budget '22 Chance To Move Away From Failed Approaches To Drugs
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 10:11 am | NZ Drug Foundation
The NZ Drug Foundation says Budget 2022 is a chance for the Government to fund effective health-based approaches to drugs, instead of continuing with failed policies from the past. The Foundation estimates that the Government currently spends more than ... More >>
Methamphetamine Programme Needs Funding And Expansion
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 5:19 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
The NZ Drug Foundation says the Government urgently needs to increase funding for a successful methamphetamine programme and expand it throughout the country following the release of the latest Police wastewater data. The ground-breaking Northland programme, ... More >>
More Than 250,000 Kiwis Still Accessing Medicinal Cannabis Through Black Market
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 3:16 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Only a tiny percentage of New Zealanders who use cannabis for medicinal purposes are accessing the product through legal channels, new analysis by the NZ Drug Foundation shows. The analysis, based on Official Information Act requests and patient estimates ... More >>
New Report Shows New Zealand Still Not Doing Enough To Prevent Overdoses
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 9:16 am | NZ Drug Foundation
Too many people are dying from preventable overdoses and Aotearoa lacks the interventions that could stop them, a new report being released this week by the NZ Drug Foundation shows. The latest coronial and Ministry of Health data, compiled in the Drug Foundation’s ... More >>
New Report Shows Drug Approach Continuing To Cause Harm
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 7:24 am | NZ Drug Foundation
A new report released by the NZ Drug Foundation today shows that too many people are suffering harm and our drug laws are often compounding the problem, not reducing it. The Drug Foundation’s 2022 State of the Nation report shows that ... More >>
Prof Baker Says New Zealand’s Drug Policies Have Hampered Covid Response
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 6:03 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Professor Michael Baker says that New Zealand’s response to Covid-19 has been undermined by “war on drugs” policies that have fuelled marginalisation and stigma of people who use drugs, leading to a woeful vaccination rate amongst those in addiction ... More >>
Passage Of Drug Checking Law A Moment To Celebrate
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 6:30 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
The NZ Drug Foundation is celebrating the passing of the Drug and Substance Checking Legislation Bill (No 2) today, which provides a new permanent legal framework for drug checking services at festivals and clinics. Executive Director, Sarah Helm, ... More >>
Review Continues To Strengthen The Case For Decriminalisation
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 5:58 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Attributed to Sarah Helm, Executive Director, NZ Drug Foundation. “An interim review of 2019 changes to the Misuse of Drugs Act that increased police discretion shows that we haven’t got our drug laws right, and despite some modest progress, ... More >>
