Cannabis
Heavy cannabis users have more sex - study
Medical researchers in the US have found frequent marijuana users have about 20 percent more sex than those who abstain.
Cannabis referendum part of Greens' deal
New Zealand will have a referendum on legalising marijuana for personal use as part of the Greens deal with Labour.
Your big election listens from RNZ Insight
A selection of Insight podcasts investigating the big issues this election. Audio
New sanctions could push young beneficiaries to P - Drug Foundation
Young beneficiaries who use drugs could turn to methamphetamine to avoid sanctions because it's harder to detect, the Drug Foundation warns.
Directional highs: the future of marijuana?
Recreational marijuana use has been legalised in 8 US states and there's a boom in consumer pot products. Now you can choose exactly how you want to feel in advance: directional highs allow you to… Audio, Gallery
Canada on course to legalise recreational cannabis use
Anne McLellan is chair of the Canadian government's Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation. She talks about her government's plan to fully legalise and regulate cannabis by July 2018. Audio
Dunne urges move towards cannabis decriminalisation
New Zealand should move towards decriminalising cannabis over time, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says.
Opportunities Party wants to regulate, tax cannabis
The Opportunities Party leader Gareth Morgan claims he can dry up the multimillion dollar cannabis black-market overnight by regulating the drug and ploughing the proceeds into drug education and… Audio
David Bearman: medicinal cannabis and its uses
Dr David Bearman is the author of Drugs Are NOT the Devil's Tools: How Discrimination and Greed Created a Dysfunctional Drug Policy and How It Can Be Fixed. He's had more than 30 years' experience in… Audio
Insight: Medical Marijuana - Life in the Waiting Room
Demand for medical cannabis is growing, Teresa Cowie investigates how patients are coping with living in an 'illegal limbo' Audio
Cannabis decriminalisation off the cards but users not worried
Decriminalising recreational cannabis use has been ruled off the government agenda despite medicinal cannabis changes - but police are already turning a blind eye, a user says.
Medicinal Cannabis Restrictions Relaxed
From today, approval to use all cannabis-based products for medicinal use, will no longer require ministerial sign-off. Instead, seriously ill patients seeking medicinal cannabis, will go to the… Audio
Government considering faster access to medicinal cannabis
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says specialists may soon be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis, instead of people needing Ministerial approval. Audio
Medicinal cannabis
Medicinal marijuana, the pros and cons, is the subject of an interview between science communication student Colin Smillie and Abe Gray. Audio
Four arrests in Bay of Plenty drugs bust
Four people have been arrested on drug charges following an investigation targeting the Head Hunters.
Cannabis ubiquitous in the US
Cannabis is becoming more and more normalised in the United States. Audio
Jail for dealer who dropped drugs while fleeing
John Henderson, 50, dropped about $100,000 worth of meth and more than $300,000 in cash as he was jumping over a neighbour's fence.
Police bust cannabis growing operation in Akld rental houses
The police in Auckland have busted a large-scale cannabis operation, being run out of rental houses in Papakura and Howick. Audio
Canadian college sets up cannabis cultivation course
A college in Canada is setting up a course on marijuana cultivation so students can be trained to work at local companies that produce the drug.
Cannabis plants found in house fire call-out
Two hundred cannabis plants have been discovered after the Fire Service was called to a fire in the basement of a Tauranga house.