A few weeks ago TV 3 released Patrick Gower On P, a documentary about methamphetamine in Aotearoa New Zealand. We gave it a watch because it’s always good to see what the media’s saying about drugs in NZ. Y I K E S. This actually started as one post, but we’ve split it into twoContinueContinue reading “On P Part One: That’s not how that works”
Category Archives: Media
Jez’s presentation from the Parliamentary Symposium on Drugs
Jez’s talk from the Parliamentary symposium. This talk is excellent on 2 fronts: 1) it shows what privilege does if it gets off its arse, and 2) it shows how unrealistic it is for Government to use us as a methodological model for other grassroots organisations to copy without coupling it with serious funding.
Wendy’s presentation from the Parliamentary Symposium on Drugs
Stigma. Like we’ve said before, it’s bullshit. It keeps people from coming forward and asking for the help they need. It creates an idea of who does and who doesn’t ‘deserve’ help, in spite of desperately needing it. It doesn’t fix any problems or reduce harms caused by using drugs. All stigma does is makeContinueContinue reading “Wendy’s presentation from the Parliamentary Symposium on Drugs”
Washing away the Bath salts Myth – Part Two
This is Part Two in a short series by our South Island manager Finn Boyle about cathinones and the importance of nuanced language when we talk about them. We highly recommend you read Part One which explains the history of cathinones how meaningless and misleading the term ‘bath salts’ is. Lazy Language and the ResponsibilitiesContinueContinue reading “Washing away the Bath salts Myth – Part Two”
Washing away the Bath salts myth – part one
This is Part One in a short series by our South Island manager Finn Boyle about cathinones and the importance of nuanced language when we talk about them. Calling cathinones ‘bath salts’ is oversimplification Cathinones are here to stay. We need better language to help manage their presence in our drug market. Cathinones are aContinueContinue reading “Washing away the Bath salts myth – part one”