Legal highs

Trends and Statistics

2008
Recreational Drug Using Behaviour and Legal BZP Party Pills: Report to the National Drug Policy Submitted 5th October 2007
This report produced by Victoria University of Wellington examined the extent to which party pills may limit drug related harm by reducing the use of illegal substances. The study also investigated the effect that the ban on BZP and related substances might have on the drug using behaviour of study participants

Legal Party Pills and their use by Young People in New Zealand: A Qualitative Study
This report, produced by the University of Auckland, provides a qualitative analysis of the use and self reported adverse effects of legal party pills among a sample of young people aged 16 -24 years.

2006
Legal Party Pill Use in New Zealand
A report produced by the Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SHORE). It covers prevalence of use, availability, health harms and ‘gateway effects’ of benzylpiperazine (BZP) and triflourophenylmethylpiperazine (TFMPP).

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Legal highs

Trends and Statistics

2008

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