January 2019

Family First Comment: A powerful letter from a dad “How could Anna have taken her drug safely? How many other grieving […]

Radio NZ News 30 January 2019 Family First Comment: And they think they can ‘regulate’ the marijuana industry! Not when Big

Pill Testing: Arguments For and Against Catholic Weekly 24 January 2019 Family First Comment: “Advising a potentially allergic user to take

Radio NZ 23 January 2019 Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson says the science that points to long term

Stuff co.nz 18 December 2019 Family First Comment: “A spokesman for Medsafe, the regulator for medicines and medical devices,​ said it

Sydney Morning Herald 3 January 2019 Family First Comment: Excellent commentary – and totally relevant to NZ setting… “As parents, we

News.com.au 22 January 2019 Family First Comment:  Based on the justification for choosing your gender, why not choose your race as

CTV News 12 October 2018  The man who helped Portugal decriminalize all drugs isn’t yet sure if Canada’s plan to

Radio NZ News 23 January 2019 Family First Comment: “She said the government\’s smokefree goals clashed with its plans to hold

NZ Herald 22 January 2019  COMMENT: We must beware of extreme ideological positions in our cannabis discussion. In particular it would

NewsHub 21 January 2019 Family First Comment: This is what happens when people fully think through the issue and don’t believe

Stuff co.nz 18 January 2019 Family First Comment: Read our 2015 report on this issue https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/research/screen-time-2015/ Kiwi children who spend too much

NewsHub 18 January 2019 Family First Comment:  \”What we need to do is adopt a strategy that\’s going to discourage use

TVNZ One News 18 January 2019 A new poll suggests there is strong public support for cafes and other businesses

Researchers warn cannabis risks being downplayed Stuff co.nz 18 January 2019 Family First Comment: Everyone knows this. But the pro-drug groups

MD Magazine 7 July 2018 Family First Comment: An excellent summary… #protect www.rejectassistedsuicide.nz Introduction In an age of “alternative facts,” it’s

The New Yorker 14 January 2019 Family First Comment: A must-read book… Berenson used to be an investigative reporter for the New

Daily Mail 15 January 2019 Family First Comment: More reasons not to legalise.  #PeopleBeforeProfits  www.VoteNo.nz Just one or two joints is

Mother Jones (San Francisco), January 5, 2019 Family First Comment:  Tell Your Children takes a sledgehammer to the promised benefits of marijuana legalisation,

NZ Herald 14 January 2019 Children should not be taught that their gender can be changed, according to a poll

Otago Daily Times 12 January 2019 Family First Comment:  Amazingly, Otago University has a medical school, based (we hope) on Biology! 

NZ Herald 12 January 2019 Family First Comment:  The perfect storm from dumb policies and laws…. “Violence was increasing because of weaker

Detroit Free Press 9 January 2019 Family First Comment: More than half of the medical marijuana users in Michigan have driven

Stuff co.nz 10 January 2019 Family First Comment: Excellent analysis of the euthanasia issue… “Vulnerable people are at an unacceptable risk

2020 cannabis referendum would easily pass, poll says  NewsHub 9 January 2019 Family First Comment: The poll is simply not robust

TVNZ One News 7 January 2019 Family First Comment:  A sad reality – but at least NZ has a structure in

NZ Herald 8 January 2019 Family First Comment: “Acting Minister of Customs Iain Lees-Galloway said the government was strongly committed to

Fox News 6 January 2019 Family First Comment: So true… “Many of the same folks who have been pushing for healthier

The Wall Street Journal 4 January 2019 Family First Comment: “The number of Americans who use cannabis heavily is soaring. In

NZ Herald 6 January 2019 Family First Comment:  We’ve been saying this for years. And we’ll be saying the same thing

Guest editorial: Unborn Kiwis need more protection NZ Herald 3 January 2019 Family First Comment: Excellent commentary from a Christchurch mum…

NZ Herald 2 January 2019  Police Minister Stuart Nash wants to see all New Zealand music festivals kitted out with

The Jerusalem Post 31 December 2018 Family First Comment:  Great decision, Israel 🇮🇱 “The war on prostitution resembles the war against