FROM ZERO
Russell Brown uncovers the way drugs have become a part of nearly all our lives, from over the counter opium to energy drinks and designer drugs.
Episodes
New Zealand's history with illicit drugs is short but lively. Māori were one of the few societies to have no use for intoxicants - so how did we go from zero to having some of the highest rates of illicit drug use in the world?
In the first episode of a new seven-part RNZ podcast series about drugs, Russell Brown looks at the New Zealand drug story through the decades.
"They were just loaded with cannabis, opium, laudanum, morp...
Marijuana is by far the most commonly-used illicit drug in New Zealand. Nearly half of all adults say they've tried it and a recent poll found that nearly two thirds of us favour decriminalisation or legalisation. And yet our laws remain harsher than many other Western countries. Why is weed so popular here, what are the impacts and can we ever agree on a way forward?
Marijuana is easily the most popular illicit drug in New Zealand....
It's OK to depict drug-taking on TV or slip cocaine references into songs, but publishing the wrong kind of gardening tips can still get you into trouble with the censors.
"We never got any complaints about all the drug taking." - Outrageous Fortune creator James Griffin.
Drugs don't just exist in society, they are pervasive as a theme in popular culture: music, movies, TV and magazines. What is it about our artists an...
We look at where New Zealand is at now with a drug that is rarely out of the headlines: methamphetamine, or P. Are we seeing a new epidemic of use? If so, why? And is the current situation so acute that it's driving a real change in the approach of the police and other agencies?
We discover that a little over 1 percent of New Zealanders use methamphetamine, around half the number when "P" was at its peak. But people on the...
A lot of money is being made from selling illegal drugs in this country. Who's making it, who's taking all the risk and what are the factors that decide what drugs YOU might be taking?
In the fifth episode of From Zero we examine the business of drugs in New Zealand: how are illicit drugs made and sold? Why are poorer communities targeted? Who takes the risks? Who makes the money?
"You can't buy a tinny (of cannabis) but yo...
Politicians and police agree that drug-checking at music festivals is probably a good idea. So why is it still illegal?
Episode six looks at why it's so hard to do the right thing, when the right thing is keeping young people alive.
"You're seeing the praying mantis that rules the world, but you have the strength of ten men."
It seems likely that at this summer's music festivals, on both sides of the Tasman, ...
Everyone seems to agree that our drug laws are no longer fit for purpose. So what are we doing about it?
The final episode of Russell Brown's drugs podcast From Zero begins in New York, at the United Nations' first big drug policy meeting in 18 years.
"If you started a war on cancer, would you bomb the people with cancer?"
Since 1961, the drug laws of most countries in the world have been governed by the UN drug c...
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