Matters of Substance November 2007 contents
Volume 17, Number 4
ISSN 1177-200X
| The Director's Cut | Introduction to this special edition, and comment on the review of New Zealand's drug law. |
| Cover Story - Let’s talk about pot | Marijuana. It’s the most widely used and least talked about (illicit) recreational drug in New Zealand. In this special edition of Matters of Substance, we’ve asked interested and interesting people from across the cannabis spectrum to share their thoughts. |
| Guest Editorial - A new blue line? | Harm minimisation and police law reform Mike Webb of the New Zealand Police writes about a major review of the Police Act, which is currently underway, and the opportunities this might bring about for harm minimisation at the frontline of policing. |
| Opinion - Seeing past the smoke | For years, the health message to smokers has been “quit or die”, a message that clearly fails with hardcore nicotine junkies. Ann McNeill and Jamie Bridge argue it may be time to look more at harm minimisation for those who just can’t quit, no matter what. |
| The point of prison needle exchange | Like it or not, prisoners do drugs, and the blood-borne diseases they acquire from dirty needles get paroled back into society along with them. Why then are prison needle exchanges so controversial? |
| It’s doing your brain in | Is alcohol-related brain impairment a silent but growing epidemic amongst heavy drinking New Zealanders? New research suggests our culture of drunkenness may be putting our brains at risk, and most won’t know until it’s too late. |
| Mythbusters - Hard time and hard numbers | Numbers and statistics abound around how alcohol and drugs contribute to crime, imprisonment and re-offending. In this issue, Mythbusters look at why the numbers can appear to differ and what the statistics actually mean. |
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