Mentions of New Zealand Drug Foundation in New Zealand Parliament debates

New Zealand Drug Foundation has been mentioned in 11 parliamentary debates since November 2005.

Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill 2010

Second Reading 13 Jul 2011

KRIS FAAFOI ... as it stands now, does not quite cut the mustard. There were other submissions, including a submission from the New Zealand Drug Foundation. Its very outspoken executive director, Ross Bell, said in his submission to the Health Committee that the foundation ...
... now, does not quite cut the mustard. There were other submissions, including a submission from the New Zealand Drug Foundation. Its very outspoken executive director, Ross Bell, said in his submission to the Health Committee that the foundation ...

KEVIN HAGUE ... that the law has been miscast. As my colleague Kris Faafoi has pointed out, the select committee heard from the Drug Foundation and many others that the use of utensils typically reduces the amount of harm associated with drug use, and, therefore,...

Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

In Committee 13 Apr 2011

DARIEN FENTON ... Seventh Day Adventist Church, Grey Power Auckland area committee, Active West Coast, Christchurch City Council, the Drug Foundation, and the Cycling Advocates Network all said that we should be taking the opportunity to reduce the blood-alcohol ...

Health

Alcohol Abuse—Effect on Productivity 19 Nov 2009

Rahui Katene Does the Minister agree with the New Zealand Drug Foundation that more alcohol-related deaths were prevented in terms of non-Māori than Māori relative to the size of their ...
Does the Minister agree with the New Zealand Drug Foundation that more alcohol-related deaths were prevented in terms of non-Māori than Māori relative to the size of their ...

Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Bill

In Committee 20 Oct 2009

DARIEN FENTON ... according to the prescription and their doctors’ instructions. Also, quite a lot of information recently from the New Zealand Drug Foundation states that the drug does significantly increase the risk of crashes, and younger users are at higher risk. So, obviously,...
... to the prescription and their doctors’ instructions. Also, quite a lot of information recently from the New Zealand Drug Foundation states that the drug does significantly increase the risk of crashes, and younger users are at higher risk. So, ...

Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill

First Reading 1 Jul 2009

NICKY WAGNER ... all other medications unsuitable sounds practical and sensible, but it is not quite that simple. Ross Bell from the Drug Foundation said in the Dominion Post this morning that this bill is not a debate over the change of the legal ...

Liquor Advertising (Television and Radio) Bill

First Reading 1 Jul 2009

METIRIA TUREI ... is associated with desirable lifestyle images, normalising and encouraging widespread alcohol use. To use the Drug Foundation’s words, alcohol is New Zealand’s “most widely used psychoactive … recreational drug”. Its effects include lack of ...

Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill 2005

Second Reading 17 Jun 2009

BRENDON BURNS ... public complaints, social responsibility on the part of advertisers cannot be guaranteed. Research conducted by the New Zealand Drug Foundation shows that despite the Advertising Standards Authority’s intention that liquor advertisements do not use heroes of the ...
... social responsibility on the part of advertisers cannot be guaranteed. Research conducted by the New Zealand Drug Foundation shows that despite the Advertising Standards Authority’s intention that liquor advertisements do not use heroes of the ...

Hon LUAMANUVAO WINNIE LABAN ... my colleague Brendon Burns has done in relation to this legislation. He has worked with many groups, including the New Zealand Drug Foundation, and looked at alcohol advertising policy, the Review of research on alcohol advertising and sponsorship,...
... Brendon Burns has done in relation to this legislation. He has worked with many groups, including the New Zealand Drug Foundation, and looked at alcohol advertising policy, the Review of research on alcohol advertising and sponsorship

Misuse of Drugs (Classification of BZP) Amendment Bill

Second Reading 5 Mar 2008

HONE HARAWIRA ... on the status of benzylpiperazine (BZP) from the Ministry of Health, the New Zealand Social Tonics Association, the New Zealand Drug Foundation, Care NZ, and the University of Otago. The Youth Parliament’s report, tabled in this House on 11 July 2007, stated: “The ...
... of benzylpiperazine (BZP) from the Ministry of Health, the New Zealand Social Tonics Association, the New Zealand Drug Foundation, Care NZ, and the University of Otago. The Youth Parliament’s report, tabled in this House on 11 July 2007, stated: “The...

First Reading 11 Sep 2007

NANDOR TANCZOS ... the Health Committee in 2005, and we were opposed by that member herself and by other members of the committee. The New Zealand Drug Foundation, one of our most impartial and independent bodies with expertise in this area, has said that clear patterns of adverse ...
... in 2005, and we were opposed by that member herself and by other members of the committee. The New Zealand Drug Foundation, one of our most impartial and independent bodies with expertise in this area, has said that clear patterns of adverse ...

NANDOR TANCZOS ... by members in the House today than criminalising users and putting control into the hands of organised crime. The Drug Foundation noted from the Massey University study that 26.7 percent of users under 20 had never been asked for age ID when ...

General Debate 22 Nov 2006

METIRIA TUREI ... be researched in this country. There is support from organisations like the New Zealand AIDS Foundation and the New Zealand Drug Foundation, and significant pharmacological research is being done in New Zealand at the moment. A doctors’ survey in 2005 found ...
... in this country. There is support from organisations like the New Zealand AIDS Foundation and the New Zealand Drug Foundation, and significant pharmacological research is being done in New Zealand at the moment. A doctors’ survey in 2005 found ...

Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction: Purchase Age) Amendment Bill

Second Reading 8 Nov 2006

MARTIN GALLAGHER ... when, in 1999, Parliament voted by a narrow margin to lower the minimum age for the purchasing of alcohol to 18, the New Zealand Drug Foundation, the Ministry of Health, the Alcohol Advisory Council, and other public health organisations opposed at the time the ...
... Parliament voted by a narrow margin to lower the minimum age for the purchasing of alcohol to 18, the New Zealand Drug Foundation, the Ministry of Health, the Alcohol Advisory Council, and other public health organisations opposed at the time the ...

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... more than they are happy with, should we not be listening to them, or do we know better? Should we ignore the New Zealand Drug Foundation, the Ministry of Health, ALAC, and other public health organisations that have advised Parliament that when Canada and ...
... than they are happy with, should we not be listening to them, or do we know better? Should we ignore the New Zealand Drug Foundation, the Ministry of Health, ALAC, and other public health organisations that have advised Parliament that when Canada and ...