Drug centre funds call
PA Rotorua 1 The National Party Conference endorsed a remit [calling on the Government to provide funds for provincial drug-addiction centre trusts. The Minister [of Justice (Mr Thomson) spoke in favour of it. The remit was presented bv Miss S. Sissan. of the Hastings Young Nationals, who said drug addiction was “sky-rocketing.” In 1972. she said, there were an estimated 200 drug addicts in New Zealand, but now there were 200 in Hawke's Bav alone. She said the centres should be open and voluntary, with complete immunity from the law, and that Government (funds should be provided for them.
Mr Thomson urged full support for the remit, and said the Government was concerned about addiction.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19760727.2.140
Bibliographic details
Press, 27 July 1976, Page 21
Word Count
119Drug centre funds call Press, 27 July 1976, Page 21
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in