youth culture - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sat, 08 Feb 2020 08:24:48 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg youth culture - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic messages on skateboards? https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/02/10/catholic-messages-skateboards/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 07:20:38 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=124015 Motherboards a Denver company is shining a light into the skater world with its cool Catholic skateboards and snowboards. Lisa Fixleris the founder and president of Motherboards. A Catholic mum who lives in Denver, she vividly remembers the moment that inspired her to start the company. Read more

Catholic messages on skateboards?... Read more]]> Motherboards a Denver company is shining a light into the skater world with its cool Catholic skateboards and snowboards.

Lisa Fixleris the founder and president of Motherboards. A Catholic mum who lives in Denver, she vividly remembers the moment that inspired her to start the company. Read more

Catholic messages on skateboards?]]> 124015 Policy on drugs endangers youth https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/05/22/policy-drugs-endangers-youth/ Mon, 21 May 2012 19:33:13 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=25770

In today's youth culture the penalties for taking drugs don't matter a great deal, because drug-taking has become so normalised in Australia. "Prohibition of drugs is not working", according to Vivienne Moxham-Hall. She writes that "Often kids won't know what they are taking or can take very dangerous risks in mixing their drugs. If something goes Read more

Policy on drugs endangers youth... Read more]]> In today's youth culture the penalties for taking drugs don't matter a great deal, because drug-taking has become so normalised in Australia. "Prohibition of drugs is not working", according to Vivienne Moxham-Hall.

She writes that "Often kids won't know what they are taking or can take very dangerous risks in mixing their drugs. If something goes wrong, the fear of their parents, of the police and what they might do, often stops them from calling an ambulance. It was understood that you didn't call an ambulance if something went wrong".

Vivienne Moxham-Hall is completing a masters of health policy at the University of Sydney.
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