The Commission will review the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 and make proposals for a new legislative regime consistent with New Zealand’s international obligations concerning illegal and other drugs.

It is hard to believe in 2024 we are still guided by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (MoDA), written 50 years ago. So much has changed in society, but our drug laws have not.

Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 criminalises people for the possession of drugs for personal use. Yesterday, ...

Russell Brown is a freelance journalist based in Auckland. OPINION: The Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 haunts the NZ Drug Foundation’s biennial parliamentary symposium like a body buried in the ...