Drugs
Matt Noffs: breaking the ice
Kim Hill talks to Matt Noffs, CEO for The Noffs Foundation, an Australian organisation that works to assist socially disadvantaged and disconnected young people, with particular expertise in the… Audio
Nothing dopey about IOC's Russia stance
Opinion - The issue of drugs in sport is full of hypocrisy, as was illustrated again this week over the International Olympic Committee's decision not to ban Russia, writes Joseph Romanos
Cannabis tax could generate $150m a year - Treasury
An Official Information Act request by Nelson lawyer Sue Grey on the economic cost of prohibiting access to Cannabis has turned up a previously secret Drug Classification note from Treasury. It says… Audio
Warning over off the shelf drug tests
The Employers and Manufacturers Association is sounding a warning about off-the-shelf drug tests being marketed to employers.... saying they need to be aware of the legal aspects of workplace drug… Audio
NZ coast open to drug smugglers
Ciminologist Greg Newbold talks about our 17,000k's of coastline - perfect for drug smugglers. Audio
Henry Brodaty: ageing and dementia
Kim Hill talks to Professor Henry Brodaty, Professor of Psychogeriatrics at the University of New South Wales, founding director of the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre and co-director of CHeBA… Audio
No 'War on Drugs' - senior cop
Detective Superintendent Virginia Le Bas is the National Manager Organised Crime, and leader of the police gang intelligence centre. She gives a picture of the methamphetamine problem across the… Audio
Programme targets addiction in prison
Six prisoners hoping to stay off drugs outside of prison have just graduated from Arohata Prison's drug treatment unit in Wellington.
Two more arrests after massive drug haul
Two more people have been arrested by police over the record methamphetamine haul found in Kaitaia earlier this week.
Illegal meds caught on way into NZ
An Interpol-led crackdown has picked up more than 170 packages of illicit prescription medicines coming into New Zealand, in one week.
Further arrests possible after massive meth bust
Police aren't ruling out further arrests in relation to the country's biggest ever haul of methamphetamine, found in Kaitaia. Audio
New Plymouth meth contamination worse than thought
A New Plymouth woman says she is shocked to discover parts of her house have higher levels of methamphetamine contamination than first thought. Audio
More meth found in record drug bust
Police investigating a huge meth seizure in Northland say they have found more of the drug buried in sand dunes, bringing the total to 494kg. Video, Audio
Pharmac to fund new treatments
Pharmac today announced that it would fund a number of new treatments for the treatment of advanced melanoma, hepatitis C and nephrotic syndrome in children. Audio
Call for meth tests before house sales
After unknowingly purchasing an apartment that was later found to be contaminated with methamphetamine, Taranaki woman Kerryanne Hopkins is calling for vendors to pay for obligatory methamphetamine… Video, Audio
Microdosing: hallucinogenics for health
Why are some Silicon Valley creatives regularly taking tiny doses of psychedelics? We ask American psychologist and psychedelic research pioneer Dr James Fadiman, who is studying the practice of… Audio
Codeine
Codeine aka 3-methylmorphine, is an opioid painkiller that's derived from morphine. John Ashton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Otago School of Medical… Audio
Richie Poulton: 40 years of Dunedin health and development
Kim Hill talks to the Director of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, which has followed the lives of more than 1000 people born in that city in 1972 and 1973. A four-part… Audio
School in court over marijuana suspensions
Secondary school principals say their ability to punish foreign students for bad behaviour outside of school time is being put to the test. Audio
Police, Customs seize 1.2kg of meth
What's estimated to be $1.2 million worth of methamphetamine has been intercepted by the police and Customs officials in Manawatu.
