Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDBeyond the Addict-Addiction ParadigmAddiction and the ‘addict’ are heavy laden concepts rooted in a highly contested brain disease model. A model that demands total abstinence…5 min read·Nov 18, 2023--1--1
Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDDrug Law Reform Shafted: Prohibition 2.0 (part four)Following on from part one, two and three Núria Calzada continues her conversation with retired Professor Julian Buchanan in New Zealand…11 min read·Jul 17, 2023----
Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDLessons from NZ PSA2013 and the Failed Cannabis Referendum (part three)Following on from part one and two Núria Calzada continues her conversation with retired Professor Julian Buchanan in New Zealand, they…9 min read·Jul 17, 2023----
Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDFrom Abstinence to Risk Reduction (part two)Following on from part one Núria Calzada continues her conversation with retired Professor Julian Buchanan in New Zealand, they explore the…7 min read·Jul 17, 2023----
Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDThe Journey of the Retired Activist Against Prohibition 2.0 (part one)Núria Calzada is in conversation with retired Professor Julian Buchanan in Aotearoa New Zealand, in part one they explore his childhood…6 min read·Jul 17, 2023----
Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDDrug Prohibition: Lies, damned lies and semantics.Our favourite drug — excluded from the war on drugs5 min read·May 26, 2023--1--1
Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDOur children deserve better: Our drug laws put them at riskThere are more than enough uncertainties in the world, these are indeed tough times to be growing up. Our children face so many issues and…4 min read·Jul 21, 2022--1--1
Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDNew Zealand Drug Policy 2010–2020: How did a country poised for world leading reform deliver a…At the beginning of the decade the New Zealand Law Commission delivered a comprehensive and authoritative 350 page report reviewing New…12 min read·Dec 1, 2020----
Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDWe are not voting on the pros and cons of cannabis — but the pros and cons of prohibition.It would be easy to imagine the cannabis referendum hinges on whether or not we think cannabis should be introduced to New Zealand, but…6 min read·Oct 6, 2020--1--1
Julian Buchanan DipSW, MA, PhDWith an evidence-based human rights approach - we can end this crazy drug war — once and for allEvery system of oppression is sustained by misinformation, propaganda and misrepresentation which serves to prevent people from realising…10 min read·Dec 3, 2018----
