Dear M V Nair

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 10 August 2018. The Ministry's reference number for
your request is: H201805470
If you need to contact us at any stage about your request, please quote
this reference number in your correspondence.

You requested:

* Could you please provide me with a list of the number of annual
drug-related deaths and injuries at music festivals or other outdoor
events for the last 10 years?
* Could you also provide me with copies of all requests for on-site
drug-checking (for identity, purity and/or contamination) that have
been made to the Ministry of Health during this period, and the
responses to these requests? Ideally, the identity of the
organisations (or on whose behalf) that made this request would also
be provided.
* I would also like to know what, if any, drug-checking policies and
drug-related harm reduction policies the Ministry of Health is
currently considering or might include in the National Drug Policy
2020

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 07
September 2018 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.

Please note that a working day is defined in the Act as ‘any day of the
week other than a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day,
Labour Day, the Sovereigns birthday, Waitangi Day and a day in the period
commencing 25 December in any year and ending 15 January in the following
year.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this
date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act).  We will advise you
if such an extension is necessary.

Yours sincerely,

Jan Torres
Advisor
[Ministry of Health request email]
Ministerial Services  l  Government Services  l  Office of the Director
General

[1]http://www.health.govt.nz

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Good morning M Nair

I am emailing in regards to your OIA request of 10 August 2018,
requesting:

-Could you please provide me with a list of the number of annual
drug-related deaths and injuries at music festivals or other outdoor
events for the last 10 years?
-Could you also provide me with copies of all requests for on-site
drug-checking (for identity, purity and/or contamination) that have been
made to the Ministry of Health during this period, and the responses to
these requests? Ideally, the identity of the organisations (or on whose
behalf) that made this request would also be provided.
-I would also like to know what, if any, drug-checking policies and
drug-related harm reduction policies the Ministry of Health is currently
considering or might include in the National Drug Policy 2020.

In regards to question three of your request, can you please advise  if
you are wanting to know if Ministry of Health is considering any
drug-checking related harm reduction policies? As opposed to the request
as it currently stands, which asks for drug-related harm reduction
policies?

I look forward to receiving your clarification.

Kind Regards

Jennie

Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
[1]www.health.govt.nz
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Dear M Nair

Please find attached a letter regarding your request for official
information.

Kind regards,

Jennie

Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
[1]www.health.govt.nz

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