Te ara Oranga background

A proceeds of crime fund bid provided 3 million dollars of funding to Police and Health to enhance their enforcement and treatment activities respectively.

There appeared to be limited understanding of the cycle of meth addiction and the role of each agency involved with user. The first priority should be to provide an effective intervention as quickly as possible, preferably at the time of first contact, even if this is only brief. Evidence suggest people who use amphetamine-type substances are recognised as less likely to access and to stay in treatment  (Kelly et al 2005 ) In 2010 the Ministry of Health research noted that people who use meth may be somewhat more difficult to engage in treatment because of the nature of its effects, and the general stigma in the community about admitting meth use. We reviewed international literature and in 2016 the Office of the Surgeon General in the United States released a report title: Facing Addiction in America. 

The report identified the Matrix model which is 16-week structured multi component behaviour model.  This has proven effective at reducing substance misuse and associated risky behaviours in controlled trials over the past 20 years.