Safer drug laws for Aotearoa New Zealand: Evidence to inform regulatory change

In our major new report, Safer drug laws for Aotearoa New Zealand: Evidence to inform regulatory change, we examine the impact of our drug laws over the last 50 years, the perspectives of New Zealanders who have directly experienced drug harm, and evidence from countries that have reformed their drug laws.

We then put forward a suite of well-evidenced, pragmatic approaches for a safer, more responsive law. 

The reforms proposed are not about liberalisation – in fact they offer the opposite: regulation, safety and control.

The guide is available as physical copy or as a free PDF download with an optional donation. 

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