The release today of the Law Commission's report on controlling and regulating drug use signals that New Zealand is moving ever closer to decriminilised use of illicit drugs according to MethCon Group director Mike Sabin.

New asset recovery legislation coming into action today will see Police able to seize unexplained income and assets from drug dealers far more easily, but at the same time a new Police policy of formal warnings for so called minor offences is tantamount to decriminalising possession and use of ca

19 August 2009 - Recent comments from the Pharmacy Guild and related industries that the vast majority of pure methamphetamine or P made in New Zealand is from imported pseudoephedrine is not backed up by Police seizures of the drug according to MethCon Group director Mike Sabin.

14 April 2009 - An Australian study related to the drinking habits of adolescents has exposed the common misconceptions about safe alcohol use and the failings of harm minimisation approaches according to MethCon Group director Mike Sabin.

14 April 2009 - At a time that a fine tooth comb is being run through ineffective government expenditure, the $50m per annum being paid out to beneficiaries who are addicted to drugs and alcohol is worthy of closer scrutiny according to MethCon Group director Mike Sabin.

On a day when the government is meeting to discuss drivers of crime it is worth looking beneath the veneer of the Police offence statistics for the past 10 years to understand just how endemic the violence caused by methamphetamine and drug abuse has become in New Zealand and the need for strateg

The new National led government could save as much as five billion dollars a year if they are prepared to address the root cause of its loss, according to MethCon Group director Mike Sabin.

23 October 2008 - The latest Custom's seizure of the pills used to manufacture P, brings to a total since 2004, of over half a billion dollars worth of P that won't make its way to users, according to MethCon Group director Mike Sabin.