A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ
- Written by Chris Wilkins, Professor of Policy and Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Sai Aung/Getty ImagesNew Zealand’s mainstay drug law turned 50 this year – yet we still don’t have a clear, comprehensive picture of the social harms different drugs pose.
When the Misuse of Drugs Act was introduced in 1975, it codified a set of prohibitions shaped not only by evidence of social harm, but also by the politics and...
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