Beyond the Addict – Addiction Paradigm
These are heavy laden concepts rooted in a highly contested brain disease model, so let’s explore how can we move beyond these reductionist and binary frameworks.
Isn’t Legalising Drugs a Reckless Idea?
It’s all very well legalising drugs which carry low risks of addiction, but why on earth would we legalise drugs like heroin or methamphetamine? I’ll tell you why….
Our children deserve better: Our drug laws place them at risk
Our drug policies increase harm, pose additional risks and threaten their life opportunities of our young people.
Take Home Naloxone in Aotearoa: Who cares?
Why has New Zealand lagged so far behind other countries when it comes to naloxone distribution? This short blog shows an evidence based timeline of missed opportunities to draw attention to the need for naloxone.
Regulation must address the fundamental harms of prohibition
After decades of frustration from the arbitrary criminalisation of some drugs, reform is imminent and overdue. ‘Drug Regulation’ is the popular rally call, but what does it mean, and will it make a real difference to the victims of prohibition?
NZ Drug Policy 2010-2020: A decade of squandered opportunities for reform
The Law Commission Report delivered a clear pathway for reform in 2011 but numerous prohibitionists invited over from the USA changed that.
Is compulsory treatment for drug use, rather than prison, a step in the right direction?
These so called incremental steps that purport to be a step in the right direction are dangerous, because they are rooted in deeply questionable prohibitionist discourses & paradigms
What is drug reform actually trying to deliver?
The problem isn’t drugs it’s drug policy, and state control and regulation isn’t the solution to that problem
The disastrous failure of the ‘War on Drugs’ and those who benefit from the regime
Drug reformers want to end prohibition as we know know it – but do some want to replace it with New Prohibition?
Recognising the subtle language of Prohibition 2.0
La Guerra contra las Drogas se sustenta en intereses creados, aquí están:
20 drivers of prohibition (in Spanish)
Was uns über drogen gesagt wurde, ist nicht wahr
Mythen über Substanzen zu Gemüte zu führen, auf deutsch.
Drugs, Human Rights & Harm Reduction 