Addictions
Expert Feature - Alcohol Addiction with Andrew Hopgood
Andrew Hopgood is a senior clinican from drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre Red Door Recovery. Audio
Mental health report recommendations
The mental health and addiction inquiry has released a 200-page report with 40 recommendations for the Health Minister, including a well-being commission, action on drugs and alcohol, and a suicide… Audio
Addiction - a public health crisis
With International Overdose Awareness Day this Friday, Sue Paton of the Addiction Practitioners' Association Aotearoa New Zealand says we need to treat addiction as a health issue, not a moral or… Audio
Pause the pokies
Next week pubs and clubs around the country will "pause" their pokies for an hour in honour of Gambling Harm Awareness Week. Audio
Overdoses and obesity: our Hollywood wrap-up
Singer Demi Lovato is recovering from a drug overdose, with friends saying she had been "partying" a lot recently. We ask whether the use of the word "partying" is wrong to use when it comes to drug… Audio
Justice Tuatagaloa - taking a village to raise a child
Justice Mata Keli Tuatagaloa was sworn in as the first female Samoan Supreme Court Judge in August 2015. She also presides over the recently established Alcohol and Drugs Court which helps communities… Audio
NZ youth vulnerable to porn addiction
A sex therapist says young New Zealanders are vulnerable to developing addictions to pornography because they're not taught how to deal with online porn. Audio
Govt urged not to short-change compulsory addiction treatment
Addiction experts have told MPs a planned law change allowing drug addicts and alcoholics to be detained for up to eight weeks for treatment will not work without more funding. Audio
Alcoholics Anonymous: does it work?
Alcoholics Anonymous has been around for 80 years, but can the support group for recovering alcoholics really claim to be effective? We speak to journalist Gabrielle Glaser who says it's outdated… Audio