Drugs

Data released from New Zealand's largest annual health survey shows that our drinking culture is continuing to move in the wrong direction. Alcohol Healthwatch Executive Director Dr Nicki Jackson says… Audio

Lung cancer patients with a rare form of the disease are being offered a free medicine from Roche pharmaceuticals which helps stop its spread. Lung Foundation CEO Philip Hope talks to Jesse Mulligan… Audio

Joe Wood was married to Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood for 30 years, and she took a lot of photos of the band along the way. She has just released her latest book, Stoned: Photographs &… Audio

Tse Chi Lop is suspected of leading a vast multinational drug trafficking syndicate through the Asia-Pacific region that is raking in up to $17 billion a year. Journalist Tom Allard has been on the… Audio

There is a definite method to the madness when it comes to the language used in Nigerian scam emails. Deborah Schaffer is a professor of English at MSU Billings and has researched the role of language… Audio

Contrary to the seniors of the party, New Zealand First's youth branch supports a bill to test recreational drugs at festivals. Audio

NZ First has shot down a plan to make drug testing legal by this summer, because they say it could encourage drug use. Police Minister Stuart Nash said earlier this year the move would save lives and… Audio

Travel writer Mary Jane Walker says people should always travel to the places they tell you not to. She is the author of the 'Maverick Traveller' series of books.  Audio

Vancouver actress Sarah Edmondson spent 12 years in the NXIVM cult. She eventually blew the whistle and has a new book, Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, The Cult That Bound My Life. Audio

Deborah Small is a lawyer and social justice activist fighting back against the inequities of the US government's so-called 'war on drugs'. She is the Executive Director of Break the Chains (USA) an… Audio

Drug addiction, legislation and dealing with the harm addiction can cause communities is a big issue in Aoteaora. What works in rehabilitation and can strictness be the most loving approach?  Audio

Celebrated New York Times popular music critic Jon Pareles was one of 400,000 people who actually attended Woodstock. He reflects on his experience as a 15-year-old musical devotee.  Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks to Lyn Ulbricht, the mother of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht about her fight for her son. Ross Ulbricht also previously known as "Dread Pirate Roberts" (DPR) is serving a double… Audio

Anywhere between 10 and 20 bills can be debated by MPs in the House in a sitting week but to save you time, we've picked the ones to watch out for. Audio

Claudine Johnstone uprooted her family to move from Dunedin to Australia in order to get treament for breast cancer. The medicine she needs isn't available in New Zealand. The cancer society's medical… Audio

An experiment using spider venom-infected fungi to control mosquitoes in Burkino Faso has been remarkably successful. Audio

Breast cancer patient Terre Maize has spearheaded the push for Pharmac to fund life-extending drugs. She told Alex Perrottet the system is allowing people to die, and the whole funding body needs a… Video, Audio

Two four-year-old children suffering from SMA, a rare degenerative disorder, are living vastly different lives, because while one can access life-changing drugs in Australia, the other - living in New… Video, Audio

The Cook Islands shadow police minister says the government, police and border control need to wake up to presence of methamphetamine in the country. Audio