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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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