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NSAD : New Zealand Society on Alcohol and Drug Dependence
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Who is NSAD?

The New Zealand Society on Alcohol and Drug Dependence is a charitable foundation with the longest history in New Zealand of alcohol and drug treatment policy and delivery. NSAD is committed to ensuring that treatment is a significant part of any policy that affects the treatment sector and New Zealanders who have problems with drugs and alcohol. NSAD is dedicated to ensuring that, when they need it, New Zealanders have access to impartial and non-punitive addiction treatment.

There is an international shift from justice-based drug and alcohol interventions to those based on the health, safety and overall wellbeing of the individual, a view shared by NSAD and reflected in our objectives.

While our delivery organisation, Care NZ, continues to deliver the best treatment options to as many New Zealanders as possible, as shareholder, NSAD ensures that the rights of all New Zealanders to treatment are guaranteed at the highest level.

"Drug use is primarily a health issue and should be addressed through health-based responses."
Fixing New Zealand’s Drug Laws
"As a philosophical basis for drug policy, the justice perspective is very limited. Its underlying premise, that illegal drugs are 'bad' while legal drugs are generally 'good' is too black and white to be credible."
Fixing New Zealand’s Drug Laws
"Viewing the issue of drug use through the prism of health and social policy sharpens our understanding of the best ways to reduce the problems that drugs can cause."
Fixing New Zealand’s Drug Laws
"Treatment programmes need to recognize that drug abuse is a chronic relapsing condition. It is essential for programmes to be adapted to the social and cultural context and for there to be effective cooperation between various approaches to treatment."
Investing in Drug Abuse Treatment
"Imprisonment alone, even if effective in reducing alcohol and drug use, is not necessarily a cost-efficient alternative as compared with treatment."
Investing in Drug Abuse Treatment