Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: The changing world of drug policy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307232#post307232 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307232#post307232 Breakfast in bed for 400,000...
Don't take the brown acid
Police yesterday issued a warning about the "unpredictable and highly dangerous" new series of synthetic drugs known NBOMe, which mimic lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
They say it is becoming increasingly available on the street.
In the past week, five people…

]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:58:34 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307225#post307225 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307225#post307225 I’m not convinced about the Psychoactive Substances Act. I know a professional chemist who has tried and failed to determine what the active ingredient(s) in some of them are, so they cannot have been proven low-risk.

Nothing has been approved as low-risk yet, but there have been a few products…

]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:54:39 +1300 david westcot https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307198#post307198 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307198#post307198 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 18:15:23 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307039#post307039 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307039#post307039 We had a crack at that here: The Wellington Declaration

It's a very good one. Where is the PSA showing evidence that it's meeting some of those objectives, and where is it falling short? (Leaving aside that it covers only a section of the drug landscape.)

]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:28:30 +1300 Ross Bell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307037#post307037 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307037#post307037 The Wellington Declaration ]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:04:03 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307036#post307036 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307036#post307036 I’m a bit slow to this one. Having looked from the sidelines of the drug policy landscape, it’s far from clear what elements a successful drug policy would have.

Most broadly defined, the preferred outcome would be a dramatic reduction in the harm experienced by the community, but this is…

]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:58:57 +1300 alobar https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307020#post307020 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307020#post307020 Pity we couldn't do this with alcohol suppliers, would they pass the same test?

I guess the average beer would , its the quantity consumed that's an issue , the same may be true for some other drugs .

]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2014 08:09:35 +1300 Vince McLeod https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307010#post307010 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=307010#post307010 It's been clear for a while that cannabis law reform is just around the corner.

I'm not convinced about the Psychoactive Substances Act. I know a professional chemist who has tried and failed to determine what the active ingredient(s) in some of them are, so they cannot have been proven…

]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:09:37 +1300 Richard Aston https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=306985#post306985 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=306985#post306985 The jewel in our drug policy crown, however, is the Psychoactive Substances Act which came into force last year. We have called the bluff of the legal highs industry and told them to prove their wares are low-risk before sale, through tight regulations
Pity we couldn't do this with alcohol…

]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:41:07 +1300 Jackson James Wood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=306977#post306977 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=306977#post306977 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:43:43 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=306976#post306976 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-changing-world-of-drug-policy/?p=306976#post306976 Discussion from blog post.

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