Recent government announcements take a significant leap to treating drug issues as health and social matters as opposed to criminal issues, in addition to encouraging community-based support.
The New Zealand Drug Foundation provides an overview of the country's drug situation and outlines four key priorities that the new Parliament should address to improve drug policy.
Their model drug law is based on evidence and research from New Zealand and around the world about the best way to reduce the harms caused by both drugs and our current drug laws.
