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Support for trial meth addiction programme in Northland

07:44 am on 5 September 2022

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New Zealand's tough-on-crime approach to meth has failed.

That's according to a new report from The Helen Clark Foundation and the Drug Foundation, which says we should take a health-based approach instead.

The report says Te Ara Oranga, a trial programme for meth addiction run in Northland, should be rolled out nationwide.

The executive director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, Sarah Helm, spoke to Susie Ferguson.

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