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2021: Josie Adams’ “How NZ lost it’s head in the BZP Party Pill Experiment” form Spinoff and also ran in NZ Herald.<\/p>\n

I had arrived back in New Zealand and the regulatory safety system we had been setting up had been sabotaged, and 80 young New Zealanders tragically died as a result.<\/p>\n

This was the first interview after my family was evacuated back to NZ under COVID, and had a feeling of ‘maybe we should have listened to this guy.’ It’s a really positive story, thanks Josie.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/thespinoff.co.nz\/society\/30-01-2021\/the-great-bzp-experiment-how-new-zealand-lost-its-head-to-party-pills<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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