Misuse of Drugs Act discussion
Petra Bagust interviews Peter Dunne & Ross Bell (NZDF) on the Misuse of Drugs Act current review.
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Mental Health Awareness Week starts on the 10th October – 16th October 2011
The slogan for this year is “GET IN THE GAME, TRAINING FOR YOUR HAPPINESS”
Research tells us that there are five simple strategies that anyone Continue Reading »
Business Forum on Mental Health Chamber Luncheon
Mental Health Awareness Week, October 2010
NZ Fashion Icon and entrepreneur Denise L’Estrange-Corbet was keynote speaker at the second annual Business Forum on Mental Health Luncheon held at Trailways Hotel on 7th October 2010, with over 60 attendees from local businesses and the health and social services. This was part of the regular WHK Chamber monthly luncheons sponsored and hosted by the Chamber of Commerce to ensure business owners are aware of the key issues facing their business, and built on the successful luncheon hosted by the Business Forum and the Chamber of Commerce in 2009.
Denise L’Estange-Corbet, and Andrew Bridge from WORKSTAR (representing The Business Forum on Mental Health), presented the advantages to businesses of improving mental health and well being, and identified ways in which employers can make effective changes in their business practice to guard against stigma and discrimination relating to mental illness.
Sponsorship was obtained from The Mental Health Foundation, Tasman District Council and Ramazzini Health and Safety. This greatly assisted Health Action Trust who contributed the majority of project funding.
Have you heard of The New Zealand Drug Foundation’s website’s DrugHelp <http://www.drughelp.org.nz/> and MethHelp <http://www.methhelp.org.nz/> ?
Uniquely New Zealand websites to help people who use drugs and their loved ones find solutions Continue Reading »
http://www.drugfoundation.org.nz/the-benefit-in-doubt
http://www.thinkingdrugs.org is a new website “for anyone who wants to make up their own mind about drugs. We’ll give you the cold hard facts and let you decide who’s right and who’s wrong.”
It’s currently surveying readers on “Is drug use so dangerous that the possession of a small quantity of a drug should be met with criminal sanctions?”
See what you think.
http://www.tripme.co.nz/forums/index.php
Also, a link to notes for forum-users, regarding self-identification: SWIM
