{"id":2181493,"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2181493"},"modified":"2026-10-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:00:00","slug":"no-consequences-expert-explains-why-cocaine-going-through-honeymoon-period-in-nz-worldnews-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2181493","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No consequences&#8217;: Expert explains why cocaine going through &#8216;honeymoon&#8217; period in NZ &#8211; Worldnews.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-article mB40\">\n<div id=\"article-url\">\n<p class=\"art-text\"><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cocaine use has been surging in New Zealand over the past decade, and one expert has unpacked the factors behind the demand.  The Drug Trends Survey shows respondents reporting cocaine use increased from 11 percent in 2018, to 31 percent this month.  The frequency of use is also increasing &#8211; with most people who<\/span>&#8230;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t read\u00a0full\u00a0story\n                <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote\">&#8220;<i>I think we&#8217;re coming into this with this Hollywood, glamourised perception of cocaine as a recreational drug that&#8217;s convenient and has no consequences.<\/i>&#8220;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2026\/10\/06\/x27no_consequences_x27_expert_explains_why_cocaine_going_thr\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Cocaine use has been surging in New Zealand over the past decade, and one expert has unpacked the factors behind the demand. The Drug Trends Survey shows respondents reporting cocaine use increased from 11 percent in 2018, to 31 percent this month. The frequency of use is also increasing &#8211; with most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[65,226],"class_list":["post-2181493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-consequence-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2181493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2181493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2181493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2181493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}