War On Drugs
Guyon Espiner investigates war on drugs
The war on drugs has been raging on and on, is it working? Are we right to even call it a war? Guyon Espiner's documentary Wasted is out today and examines these questions and more. He joins the show… Audio
Sarah Helm: 50 years on from Nixon’s War On Drugs
Sarah Helm, the Executive Director of the NZ Drug Foundation, joins the show to discuss how we should be reshaping our drug laws - and in some cases looking at decriminalisation. Audio
Dr Nicola Lee: Harm caused by meth on the rise
The Drug Foundation organised a symposium at Parliament this week and one of the keynote speakers was Professor Nicole Lee from the National Drug Research Institute in Australia. She discusses the… Audio
Carl Hart - Drug Use for Grown-ups
Could the harm that results from recreational drug use and abuse be mostly caused by their criminalisation and demonisation rather than their physical effects? When used responsibly, can drugs can… Audio
The hidden casualties of Duterte's war on drugs
Journalist Sheila Coronel has been investigating thousands of extra-judicial killings in the Phillipines conducted under the guise of president Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs'. Other countries are… Audio
Time for an armistice in the war on drugs?
There's no time for another war on drugs, the Greens say, in response to the Government's vow to crack down on synthetics. We need to getting on with quote "broad-scale drug law reforms and resourcing… Audio
Jacinda Ardern rejects Trump's call for war on drugs
The prime minister says New Zealand won't be signing up to a US call for global action on the war on drugs, preferring to take a health approach.
'We are just recycling vulnerable people’
The war on drugs has been a ‘failure’, international experts say. Is it time for New Zealand to move away from strict policies that simply aren't working? Audio
Philippines drugs war: The woman who kills dealers for a living
The dark underbelly of police raids, dealers and assassins in the Philippines, is explored by the BBC's Jonathan Head through the story of one woman.
Global rethink on war on drugs
The war on drugs is getting a global re-think for the first time in 20 years, but there are deep divisions within the 193 UN member states. Enterpreneur Derek Handley explains what the problems are. Video, Audio
Govt may soften approach to drugs - Dunne
The government is considering taking a more tolerant approach to minor drug offences, says Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne. Audio
The war on drugs, and the laws on drugs
A hundred years after the war on drugs started - it's timely to ask just how did it start? Who started it? And why after all these years, does the war on drugs continue? And what would happen if you… Audio