Breaking 1/2: Alongside Te Rau Ora NZ Drug Foundation just launched our shared values to underpin harm reduction practice in Aotearoa, developed with PWUD, our sector & hui Māori. These Māori values were gifted to us and are for everyone working on HR in NZ Harm Reduction International
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Excellent example of widespread availability of drug checking services in New Zealand - in 2023 NZ Drug Foundation tested 2602 samples at 98 clinics 👏🏼
Scotland would benefit from this approach

Listen: Drug Foundation executive director Sarah Helm (she/her) shares our findings from the 98 drug checking clinics that we ran in 2023. These new stats show just how vital this service is. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

'We have a confidential harm reduction conversation with every person who walks through the door about ways to stay safer. For some people it's the first time they've been able to have an honest conversation about their drug use.' - Sarah Helm (she/her)

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Report: What we saw at drug checking in 2023

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#harmreduction #drugchecking #NewZealand

New paper on the harm and harm reduction in people who use MDMA in Aotearoa!

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1/2 This will be one of most powerful side events at #CND67 . Speakers include: First Nations Dr Esther Tailfeathers, Indigenous community leader from coca growing region Yilmar Valenzuela Mosquera, Aboriginal Drug & Alcohol CEO Scott Wilson & @rauora Tracey Potiki Thunderbird PF

Drug Foundation boss Sarah Helm (she/her) is currently at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and this morning spoke to RNZ about the global calls for more action to prevent harm, and New Zealand's pledge to develop an overdose prevention plan.

#CND67

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Womxn who use drugs from the Asia-Pacific are raising their voices at this year’s #CND67 ! Join them at this side event in person/online about the gender-specific impacts of punitive drug policies.

🗓️ 19 Mar 2024
🕑 8 - 8.50 AM (CET)
📌 MOE05, VIC
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NZ Govt representative making a strong committment to a comprehensive overdose prevention plan, and further committing to: harm reduction informed by lived experience, our early warning system & drug checking. And advocating for the end of death penalty. 👏🏽 #CND67

Drug Foundation executive director Sarah Helm (she/her) speaks to RNZ about our new report that pulls together the latest data on drug use in New Zealand.

The drug market is continually changing, and we need to be prepared.

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Press release: New report shows significant increase in cocaine use

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Gutted for the team of wonderful Newshub journalists and the health of our democracy today. We have had stellar journalism from the team at Newshub on drug issues. We at NZ Drug Foundation are thinking of you all.

Drug Foundation executive director Sarah Helm (she/her) speaks to 1News about potent opioids, and what New Zealand can do to be prepared.

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Keep your fingers crossed 🤞 🙏
Nasal spray naloxone being considered by Pharmac committee tomorrow

Press release: Funding vital for overdose reversal nasal spray

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#naloxone #pharmac #harmreduction #endoverdose

Vale Tuta Ngarimu. He was incredibly passionate about supporting his community and it was an honour to work alongside Tuta and Manaaki Moves Trust to bring drug checking to Tairāwhiti.

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'We must have our overdose prevention systems in place and ready, before the opioid situation worsens in New Zealand.'
- Dr Rose Crossin

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When communities can create their own solutions, they're more effective. We've seen this in action in New Zealand with the world-first needle exchange programme, started in the 1980s by a community of people who inject drugs.

On Saturday it was our 2-year anniversary of drug checking being made permanently legal 🥳🥳🥳

What does this mean for you? It means that if you give us drugs to check, it's not supply. And if we accept drugs from you, it's not possession.