Action plan to combat methamphetamine harm (www.beehive.govt.nz)

submitted 10 months ago by BaconWrappedEnigma to c/politics

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The new plan from the government seems to double down on the old ways of attempting to suppress drugs in our communities and ignores the health-led approach from NZ Drug Foundation's recent evidence-based report.

RNZ recently did a story about the report: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/575403/decriminalising-drug-use-best-way-to-combat-rising-addiction-report-finds

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[-] sambrown 3 points 10 months ago

Reallocating $30M does seem like weasel piss.

The report doesn’t offer a specific dollar number but if we look at what’s successful overseas and take into account the number of people needing help, NZ would probably need more like $100M/yr to be on par.

It will be an even bigger cost if we wait for it to grow more entrenched in society. New black markets for stolen goods grow and become systemic parts of the problem. When someone knows they can get a hit for a stolen bicycle, it becomes much harder to prevent bike thefts.

I wonder if there is a tracker somewhere for the number of thefts per region over time?

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