Former PM Helen Clark: NZ needs to rethink drug policyChris Harrowell/STUFF Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown talks about his private member's bill which aims to crack down on the sellers of synthetic drugs. "We've got drug policy wrong, and I very much want to stop treating people who use drugs as criminals. By any measure that hasn't worked," said Ross Bell, executive director of the NZ Drug Foundation. SwitzerlandThe national drug policy of Switzerland was developed in the early 1990s and comprises the four elements of prevention, therapy, harm reduction and prohibition. KEVIN STENT/STUFF Clark: "[Drug policy] is a tough issue because it's almost counter-intuitive to what has to be done."

Source: Stuff March 22, 2018 23:37 UTC