Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa
@hrca.bsky.social
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT DRUGS
To end prohibition; honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi; restore human rights; promote harm reduction & develop evidence based drug policies.
We need your support. Join us:
https://hrca.nz/join
To end prohibition; honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi; restore human rights; promote harm reduction & develop evidence based drug policies.
We need your support. Join us:
https://hrca.nz/join
There is only one sensible option:
November 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
There is only one sensible option:
DON'T MISS - Wed. 5th Nov 2025
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
DON'T MISS - Wed. 5th Nov 2025
The drug war = violence, guns, gangs, money laundering, overdose, addiction, mass incarceration, human rights abuse, serious diseases, stigma, denied medical treatment, consumed vast public money, ruined life opportunities of our young people and put vulnerable communities at risk.
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The drug war = violence, guns, gangs, money laundering, overdose, addiction, mass incarceration, human rights abuse, serious diseases, stigma, denied medical treatment, consumed vast public money, ruined life opportunities of our young people and put vulnerable communities at risk.
Virtually everyone uses drugs. The so-called 'war on drugs', has conned us all, it's causing so much harm to us all. We need a new drug law that legally regulates ALL drugs - including those drugs being used in the cartoon. We can do better than continue the façade, a phoney rejection of 'drugs'.
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Virtually everyone uses drugs. The so-called 'war on drugs', has conned us all, it's causing so much harm to us all. We need a new drug law that legally regulates ALL drugs - including those drugs being used in the cartoon. We can do better than continue the façade, a phoney rejection of 'drugs'.
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY:
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY:
We can't build on dodgy foundations - it has to be condemned and demolished. Rescind the Misuse of Drugs Act!
We need to start again on the foundations of evidence, knowledge and expertise. Informed by human rights and harm reduction to develop drug laws that do no harm.
We need to start again on the foundations of evidence, knowledge and expertise. Informed by human rights and harm reduction to develop drug laws that do no harm.
October 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We can't build on dodgy foundations - it has to be condemned and demolished. Rescind the Misuse of Drugs Act!
We need to start again on the foundations of evidence, knowledge and expertise. Informed by human rights and harm reduction to develop drug laws that do no harm.
We need to start again on the foundations of evidence, knowledge and expertise. Informed by human rights and harm reduction to develop drug laws that do no harm.
We need our own language, one that enlightens and reveals more accurately the truth about so called 'drugs', 'addiction', risks, prevention and treatment - our current discourse is riddled with Drug War propaganda that colludes & perpetuates the misinformation.
October 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
We need our own language, one that enlightens and reveals more accurately the truth about so called 'drugs', 'addiction', risks, prevention and treatment - our current discourse is riddled with Drug War propaganda that colludes & perpetuates the misinformation.
The Drug War:
Peddling & promoting commercially produced drugs, (as if they aren't drugs at all), then prohibiting & punishing the use of all other drugs, (as if they're all inherently more risky)!
The Misuse of Drugs Act has no credibility whatsoever.
The hypocrisy & misinformation
Let's sort it.
Peddling & promoting commercially produced drugs, (as if they aren't drugs at all), then prohibiting & punishing the use of all other drugs, (as if they're all inherently more risky)!
The Misuse of Drugs Act has no credibility whatsoever.
The hypocrisy & misinformation
Let's sort it.
October 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The Drug War:
Peddling & promoting commercially produced drugs, (as if they aren't drugs at all), then prohibiting & punishing the use of all other drugs, (as if they're all inherently more risky)!
The Misuse of Drugs Act has no credibility whatsoever.
The hypocrisy & misinformation
Let's sort it.
Peddling & promoting commercially produced drugs, (as if they aren't drugs at all), then prohibiting & punishing the use of all other drugs, (as if they're all inherently more risky)!
The Misuse of Drugs Act has no credibility whatsoever.
The hypocrisy & misinformation
Let's sort it.
Date for your diary...
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Go to eventfinda to reserve a seat!
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Date for your diary...
Go to eventfinda to reserve a seat!
Go to eventfinda to reserve a seat!
NZ has a history for world leading law reform: Woman’s Right to Vote; Decriminalisation of Sex Work; National Needle Exchange, Same Sex Marriage and most recently Drug Checking.
This Symposium will explore why major drug law reform is needed and what it should look like.
This Symposium will explore why major drug law reform is needed and what it should look like.
October 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
NZ has a history for world leading law reform: Woman’s Right to Vote; Decriminalisation of Sex Work; National Needle Exchange, Same Sex Marriage and most recently Drug Checking.
This Symposium will explore why major drug law reform is needed and what it should look like.
This Symposium will explore why major drug law reform is needed and what it should look like.
Our understanding of drugs are too often unevolved, prejudicial and misinformed.
We struggle to see alcohol, nicotine, sugar and caffeine as drugs while misleadingly regarding all prohibited substances as dangerous. Then we conflate any use of prohibited substance with addiction or problematic use.
We struggle to see alcohol, nicotine, sugar and caffeine as drugs while misleadingly regarding all prohibited substances as dangerous. Then we conflate any use of prohibited substance with addiction or problematic use.
October 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Our understanding of drugs are too often unevolved, prejudicial and misinformed.
We struggle to see alcohol, nicotine, sugar and caffeine as drugs while misleadingly regarding all prohibited substances as dangerous. Then we conflate any use of prohibited substance with addiction or problematic use.
We struggle to see alcohol, nicotine, sugar and caffeine as drugs while misleadingly regarding all prohibited substances as dangerous. Then we conflate any use of prohibited substance with addiction or problematic use.
Drug Seizures:
September 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Drug Seizures:
We are receiving important reminders about paracetamol that association is not causation. Could someone also tell the NZ Transport Agency that association is not causation. Drugs like cannabis can be detected days, weeks even months after consumption. Drug presence is not the same as drug impairment
September 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We are receiving important reminders about paracetamol that association is not causation. Could someone also tell the NZ Transport Agency that association is not causation. Drugs like cannabis can be detected days, weeks even months after consumption. Drug presence is not the same as drug impairment
Our approach to drugs under prohibition has been informed by propaganda, prejudice and hunch - with devastating consequences:
September 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Our approach to drugs under prohibition has been informed by propaganda, prejudice and hunch - with devastating consequences:
We need a hard reset.
September 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We need a hard reset.
Prohibition has not reduced the demand for 'drugs', nor the supply. All it's done is make drugs unsafe. Sadly, prohibition has significantly increased the risk of overdose. #IOAD2025
It's time we scrap these damaging ideologically driven drug policies and adopt an evidence based drug policies.
It's time we scrap these damaging ideologically driven drug policies and adopt an evidence based drug policies.
August 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Prohibition has not reduced the demand for 'drugs', nor the supply. All it's done is make drugs unsafe. Sadly, prohibition has significantly increased the risk of overdose. #IOAD2025
It's time we scrap these damaging ideologically driven drug policies and adopt an evidence based drug policies.
It's time we scrap these damaging ideologically driven drug policies and adopt an evidence based drug policies.
Imagine if alcohol was prohibited.
In the lead up to International Overdose Awareness Day HRCA want to highlight the role of prohibition in increasing the risk of overdose.
Prohibition is a major problem.
In the lead up to International Overdose Awareness Day HRCA want to highlight the role of prohibition in increasing the risk of overdose.
Prohibition is a major problem.
August 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Imagine if alcohol was prohibited.
In the lead up to International Overdose Awareness Day HRCA want to highlight the role of prohibition in increasing the risk of overdose.
Prohibition is a major problem.
In the lead up to International Overdose Awareness Day HRCA want to highlight the role of prohibition in increasing the risk of overdose.
Prohibition is a major problem.