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Drug Foundation welcomes survey on drinking and social media
Sunday, 12 February 2012, 3:44 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Nearly a third of people aged 18 to 55 who drink alcohol have had the experience of saying things they regret on a first date because they've had a few drinks too many – and about one in five end up doing things they wish they hadn't. More >>
Counting down to FebFast 2012
Monday, 30 January 2012, 1:05 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
The count down has begun to this year’s FebFast, and the New Zealand Drug Foundation says there is still time to sign up to take part. More >>
FebFast 2012 recipients announced
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 10:17 am | NZ Drug Foundation
The New Zealand Drug Foundation is delighted to announce the organisations to benefit from next year’s FebFast fundraising event. More >>
Drug treatment policy often misguided
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 10:46 am | NZ Drug Foundation
Overcoming problem drug use has much more to do with addressing socio-economic factors than physiological or psychological addiction, a Drug Policy Symposium was told today in Wellington. More >>
Addiction treatment in New Zealand requires urgent change
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 12:37 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Addiction treatment in New Zealand has been seriously underfunded for many decades, National Addiction Centre Director Professor Doug Sellman told a symposium in Wellington today. More >>
Substance use disorder treatment must become mainstream
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 12:03 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
A visiting drug policy expert and one-time “Deputy Drug Czar” to the Obama Administration has told a symposium in Wellington today that the historical approach to treating substance use disorders has missed the mark and has had serious costs and consequences ... More >>
Drug policy experts warn things must change
Friday, 26 August 2011, 1:10 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Experts from around New Zealand, and from overseas, will gather in Wellington on Tuesday 30 August for a Drug Policy Symposium organised by NZ Drug Foundation and NZ Society on Alcohol and Drug Dependence. More >>
Review drags drug law into 21st Century
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 1:16 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
New Zealand’s 35-year-old Misuse of Drugs Act should be consigned to the rubbish heap of history and replaced with a modern, flexible, health-focussed law fit for purpose for the 21st Century, said the New Zealand Drug Foundation today. More >>
ZM Radio host tunes in to alcohol-free month
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 10:14 am | NZ Drug Foundation
ZM breakfast host and magazine advice columnist Polly Gillespie is saying goodbye to alcohol for a month. She’s an ambassador for the Drug Foundation’s first ever FebFast fundraiser in New Zealand. Other well-known New Zealanders supporting FebFast ... More >>
Sex, sleep, alcohol or your friends?
Sunday, 6 February 2011, 1:23 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
That’s what Research New Zealand asked 500 people a week ago as part of a monthly survey of attitudes and opinions. More >>
FebFast challenge begins today for hundreds of Kiwis
Tuesday, 1 February 2011, 11:24 am | NZ Drug Foundation
Hundreds of people woke this morning to the prospect of a whole month without alcohol. And for many of them, that’s something to look forward to. They’re taking part in the Drug Foundation’s first ever FebFast challenge in New Zealand. They've decided ... More >>
10, 9, 8, 7… Counting down to FebFast !
Sunday, 30 January 2011, 2:45 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Hundreds of people around the country are counting down to the start of FebFast, the Drug Foundation’s alcohol-free fundraiser for youth charities. More >>
Social media editor presses pause on alcohol
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 10:04 am | NZ Drug Foundation
Social media journalist Greer McDonald will be getting on the juice in February to raise money for some of New Zealand’s top youth charities. She’s joining other well-known New Zealanders, such as chef and foodwriter Jo Seagar, singer/songwriter ... More >>
Award winning singer lends voice to charity fundraiser
Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 10:57 am | NZ Drug Foundation
One of Aotearoa music’s brightest stars, Maisey Rika, is giving up alcohol in February to raise money for some of New Zealand’s top youth charities. She’s joining chef and foodwriter Jo Seagar, social media journalist Greer McDonald, actor/writer Pinky ... More >>
Alcohol-free month campaign to benefit Odyssey House
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 12:34 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Kiwis are being challenged to go without alcohol for a month and Auckland-based addiction treatment centre Odyssey House stands to benefit. Amplify!, Odyssey House’s school-based intervention programme, assists youth at risk of alcohol and drugs. It will receive ... More >>
Websites For Those Struggling With Drug Abuse
Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 9:51 am | NZ Drug Foundation
“The drugs just didn’t work anymore” – Drug websites put a human face on addiction “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, and so social ... More >>
Well Done On Tobacco Tax But...
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 12:11 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
The Drug Foundation added its support to the Government’s surprise announcement of an increase in the tobacco excise tax effective from tonight, but says that decision puts the Prime Minister’s rejection of an excise increase for alcohol in stark ... More >>
Kiwis urged to have their say on alcohol reform
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 3:11 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Concerned Kiwis and community groups are being urged to join the debate about alcohol law reform following the release of the Law Commission’s report today. More >>
Official papers support lowered adult drink drive
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 2:02 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Ministry of Transport documents, released under the Official Information Act to the New Zealand Drug Foundation, show that Cabinet has no good reason to keep the adult drink drive limit (Blood Alcohol Content - BAC) at 0.08. More >>
Concerns over ibogaine as addiction "cure all"
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 9:06 am | NZ Drug Foundation
The New Zealand Drug Foundation is deeply concerned at recent efforts by a group known as ibogaine.org.nz to promote ibogaine as an alternative treatment of drug addiction in New Zealand. More >>
