Substance Addiction (Health Professional Designation) Notice 2017
Submission on Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction (June 2018)
Fact sheet for Minister of Health (April 2018)
Briefing - Increasing addiction treatment (November 2017)
Position on compulsory client-level data (August 2017)
Briefing - Major issues currently facing drug addiction treatment in New Zealand (July 2017)
Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Bill
Pharmac Submission - Proposal on various anti-infective medicines
Māori mother celebrates recovery addiction (Te Ao Māori News 7 Dec 2019)
Lotta Dann: Recovery walk to dispel stigma around addiction (NewstalkZB 6 Dec 2019)
Addiction sector facing workforce shortage, growing wait times (Nine to Noon 5 Dec 2019)
Kiwis walk to celebrate freedom from addiction (Scoop 21 Nov 2019)
Dangers of alcohol (Te Hiku Radio 13 August 2019)
Tragic case highlights dangers of commercialising drugs (Scoop 9 August)
Cannabis referendum: No simple fix to drug law (comment on RNZ 8 August 2019)
Hepatitis cure worth the test (29 July 2019 Radio Waatea News Clip)
A visit to www.hepcurenz could save your life (27 July 2019)
Dapaanz supports amendments to outdated MODA as necessary frist step (3 May 2019)
Dapaanz supports Waitangi Tribunal Claim on Impact of Alcohol Related Harm to Maori
Dapaanz support for changes to Misuse of Drugs Bill (Radio Ngãti Porou 8 March 2019)
Dapaanz provisional support for Misuse of Drug Act (Media release 7 March 2019 )
Dapaanz supports family and friends (Media release 11 February 2019)
Govt mental health inquiry paints damning picture (Newshub 4 December 2018)
Addiction is now a public health crisis (RadioNZ 29 August 2018)
What is addiction? (the Project 19 July 2018)
Addiction treatment review: paying practitioners more (Business.Scoop 30 October 2017)
The prescription drug dilemma (Radio NZ 30 October 2017)
Sexual abuse a driver for addiction problems later in life (Media release 25 October 2017)
High time (comment in Metro Magazine NZ: 2017 10-26)
Synthetic cannabis deaths tip of iceberg (NewsTalk ZB 6 October 2017)
It's never been easier or cheaper to get synthetic drugs (Scoop 5 october 2017)
Dr Arthur C Evans on Breakfast (6 September 2017)
The Cutting Edge conference (Radio Waatea 5 September 2017)
Govt. new proposal on meth is "woefully inadequate" (RadioLive 4 September 2017)
Sue Paton on rising opioid use in New Zealand (The Project 10 July 2017)
Opioid use in NZ: Downers on the up ((95bFM 10 July 2017)
Serious pain coming as New Zealand's prescription opiod use soars (Stuff 9 July 2017)
Why addiction practitioners should be registered (Dompost 16 June 2017)
Report shows addiction a major driver of crime (media release 13 december 2016)
Approach to meth control 'seriously' backwards says dapaanz (media release 27 October 2016)
New Zealand's approach to cutting its meth problem - Radio Watea News (28 October 2016)
Ledger's dad to speak at Rotorua conference (Rotorua Times 1 September 2016)
Meth is everywhere says reformed addict (NZ Herald 29 August 2016)
Softening police attitude on meth addiction welcomed (Scoop 29 August 2016)
More getting hooked as P gets cheaper (TV1 News 13 August 2016)
Meth availability sparks call for early identification and treatment (media release 10 August 2016)
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10 March 2015
When staff who are in recovery experience relapse this can be challenging not only for them, but for their colleagues and managers as well. Dr Peter Adams and Dr Helen Warren have written a paper setting out ways of addressing these issues and...