NZ's First Alcohol and Drug Court Launched

Published October 31, 2012

NZ's first Alcohol and Drug Court launched
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Justice Minister Judith Collins today officially launched New Zealand’s first Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment (AODT) Court in Auckland. Ms Collins says the five-year pilot Court will sit for one day a week in both the Auckland and Waitakere District Courts and aims to help 100 offenders each year deal with the underlying addiction issues that have fuelled their offending. "Dealing with an …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: A Healthy Kids Series
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Stolen from medicine cabinets, offered by friends or plucked from a bowl of multicolored pills at a party, prescription drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, Ritalin and Valium are the killer new teen high.
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