Lobbying to allow drug use and drug testing at music festivals is flawed and dangerous, and is primarily being used by drug-friendly groups as a wedge to normalise drug use. Pill testing also does not – and cannot – guarantee…
CTV News 27 December 2019 Family First Comment: “the results of the survey reveal a lack of awareness on the part of many young people who believe that cannabis does not affect their driving skills.” #saynopetodope VoteNO A quarter of Canadians…
The Portugal News 20 December 2019 Family First Comment: Portugal is promoted as a success story by drug proponents in NZ. But the evidence destroys those claims. See saynopetodope.org.nz/portugal for plenty more evidence #saynopetodope VoteNO.nz Deaths from overdose in Portugal increased…
The latest data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the most authoritative study on drug use conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), has found that cannabis use in “legal” US states among youth,…
USA Today 18 December 2019 Family First Comment: What Chloe and the Drug Foundation and Helen Clark won’t tell….“Federal data out Wednesday showed a “significant” increase in the number of eighth through 12th grade students vaping marijuana, and a similarly high…
Stuff co.nz 16 December 2019 Family First Comment: “Frater had 39 previous convictions and had served multiple jail terms. Ten of those convictions were for family violence, including assault with a weapon and threatening to kill in 2016, but none for…
Radio NZ News 19 December 2019 Family First Comment: “Last year 95 people were killed in preventable crashes where the driver was found to have drugs in their system that could impair driving. That is an enormous and intolerable loss of…
NZ Herald 19 December 2019 Family First Comment: Expect more of this if we legalise. “Six of the centre’s nine staff failed drug tests after a staff member was questioned for his bloodshot and “very red” eyes, and “very fidgity” and…
Daily Mail 10 December 2019 Family First Comment: A study by Australian National University found less than 30% of those who had their pills tested were put off taking the drugs or planned to reduce their intake. Most revellers who had…
Media Release DrugFree Australia 13 December 2019 Family First Comment:Those who received a test result confirming the substance to be what they thought it was were likely to take as much or more than originally intended…. When it is considered…
