Massey University’s SHORE (Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation) & Whariki Research Centre has received funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) to carry out a scoping review on cross-border marketing of alcohol.
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Dr Marta Rychert and Associate Professor Chris Wilkins discuss the complexities of translating cannabis reform law into a “tightly controlled and regulated market” on the ground in a recent Conversation article.
In less than three months, New Zealanders will vote in the world’s first national referendum on a comprehensive proposal to legalise the recreational use of cannabis.
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New Zealand has won international praise for its strict lockdown conditions and public health response to COVID-19, but there’s one glaring blindspot – alcohol was sold as an essential item, along with food, during New Zealand’s level 4 lockdown, even though almost half of all alcohol in New Zealand is drunk in heavy and binge drinking sessions. Sally Casswell discusses this issue in a recent Conversation article here.
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As schools and businesses reopen and attention shifts to the longer-term repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that Māori be involved in decision making more equitably than has so far happened.
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West Auckland liquor stores have now stopped selling spirits in stores as the demand was causing people to travel far and wide for their favourite tipple.
Was demand always that high or was it exaggerated by the lockdown situation?
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A very successful Global Alcohol Policy Conference was held in Dublin in early March just before the Covid shutdowns.
The Minister of Health of Ireland, Simon Harris, in a rousing opening address told the conference participants of the stiff opposition from the alcohol industry he had overcome in order to pass Ireland’s new Public Health (Alcohol) Act and encouraged greater global co-operation to reduce alcohol harm.
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Researchers from four countries in the International Alcohol Control (IAC) study recently met in Dublin with participants in the Global Alcohol Policy conference to discuss their experiences and to encourage new countries to take part.
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The International Alcohol Control Study (the IAC study) is the first ever international study of alcohol use and alcohol policy relevant behaviours. The overall objective is to measure the impacts of national or state level alcohol control policies. Two tools have been developed as part of the IAC study.
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In an interview on Newshub, Associate Professor Chris Wilkins explained the reasons behind the reduction in convictions for cannabis-related crimes reported by the Ministry of Justice. Along with a change in police attitudes toward arresting cannabis users, another driver for the decrease in cannabis arrests has been the increasing popularity of harder drugs – especially methamphetamine.
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Earlier this month, the New Zealand government released draft legislation for how cannabis could be bought, grown and sold. It is a first glimpse at what New Zealanders will be voting on in next year’s referendum.
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Professor Sally Casswell is seen presenting the results of a week-long assessment reviewing Thailand’s alcohol control policy at Government House, to Dr Satit Pitutecha, Deputy Minister of Public Health, accompanied by high-level executives and the National Alcohol Policy Committee.
Read MoreAn opinion piece by Professor Sally Casswell entitled ‘Beware the influence of vested interests' input into the cannabis debate’ was published by Stuff.
Read MoreOur Enabling Participation of Disabled Young People research project (funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand) worked with disabled young people to understand the factors that enabled or constrained their everyday participation in community life.
Read MoreThe Commonwealth has launched a regenerative climate change model combining indigenous knowledge with emerging technologies and scientific approaches to achieve sustainable development while protecting the planet.
Read MoreThe Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education FARE have provided a recording of the public event of the KBS Advancing Public Health in International Alcohol Control meeting held in Melbourne on 3 October, where Prof Sally Casswell was a speaker.
This has now been uploaded to the FARE website and you can view it here.
Read MoreThe Lancet has published a Comment written by Sally Casswell to coincide with the WHO consultation process on the implementation of the global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol and the way forward, which will feed into the report from the Director General to the 2020 World Health Assembly.
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