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Newsletter Digest: Cloning, oil spills and the Nutty Professor

Blog  |  Published: 06 August 201027 February 2020

Sacked drug adviser tours NZ Professor David Nutt grabbed headlines in the UK last year when the chair of the […]

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PODCAST: Professor David Nutt – The Inconvenient Truth about Drugs

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 06 August 2010

Prominent psychiatrist Professor David Nutt has been touring New Zealand giving lectures about his view that illegal drugs should be […]

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NZ Herald: Just one bottle can be deadly

In the News  |  Published: 12 May 2010

Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald about the dangers of drinking too much alcohol, and why the urge […]

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Taranaki Daily News: Within limits

In the News  |  Published: 19 April 2010

Helen Harvey writes in the Taranaki Daily News about a proposal being considered by government to reduce the legal blood […]

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Media Coverage: Dropping blood alcohol limits from 80mg/l to 50 mg/l

In the News  |  Published: 09 April 201009 April 2010

The Government is considering a proposal to drop the maximum legal blood alcohol limit for driving from 80 mg/l to […]

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Stuff/NZPA: Experts back proposal to cut blood alcohol limit

In the News  |  Published: 08 April 201008 April 2010

The Government’s proposed plan to reduce the maximum blood alcohol limit for driving from 80 mg/l to 50 mg/l in […]

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Blood alcohol limit – 50 vs. 80 – what impact for drivers?

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 08 April 201008 April 2010

A reduction in the legal blood alcohol limit is one proposal in the Ministry of Transport’s Safer Journeys 10-year road […]

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ODT: Drinking in pregnancy a worry

In the News  |  Published: 22 March 2010

John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about a recent talk in Dunedin by Dr Ruth Napper about the […]

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Risks from early exposure to drugs and alcohol

In the News  |  Published: 17 October 200801 December 2010

A new research paper published today in the journal Psychological Science, has looked at the effects of early exposure of […]

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