Marta Rychert
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3074945 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Marta Rychert |
| PRENOMES | Marta |
| SOBRENOME | Rychert |
| ASSINATURA | RYCHERT M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Massey University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4170-1615 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 37 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
A tool for wellbeing? Tribunal penalty decisions in cases involving lawyers’ alcohol and other drug use
Little is known about how alcohol and drug use feature and are considered in lawyers’ disciplinary decisions. This article explores the features of lawyers’ disciplinary cases where alcohol and drugs were present and the application of rehabilitative principles in penalty decisions using a five-year cohort from the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal (2017–2021). Case features, penalties ordered, and details of application …
Exploring women’s intentions to seek medicinal cannabis prescriptions in New Zealand using the theory of planned behaviour
Background Women are an emerging demographic for legal medicinal cannabis (MC) in New Zealand and overseas, yet their information sources and prescription pathways remain underexplored. This study examines how women learn about MC and the factors influencing their prescription decisions, including motivations tied to prior cannabis experience.Methods Interviews with 23 women who sought MC prescriptions in the last 12 months. The Theory of Planned…
Exploring hidden risks and empowerment in women’s acquisition of medicinal cannabis from illegal markets
Background: Women are a growing consumer base for medicinal cannabis (MC) in jurisdictions where it has been legalised, however, many still purchase MC from the unregulated illegal market. Little is known about women’s experiences of buying MC from these male-dominated illegal drug markets. This study explores women’s lived experiences accessing MC from illegal markets in New Zealand (NZ) to inform the need to ehance MC schemes for women. Methods…
Demographic Predictors of Medicinal Cannabis Users' Perceived Level of Physician Support for Medicinal Cannabis Prescriptions in New Zealand
The Need to Revitalise Drug Use Monitoring to Keep Pace With a More Dynamic, Digitally Enabled and Globally Connected Drug Market
Globalisation, developments in information technology, and social and demographic changes are profoundly impacting the modern world [1]. They have also resulted in an illicit drug market that is more dynamic, complex and globally connected [2]. Drug consumption patterns are rapidly changing, with synthetic drugs, controlled psychoactive substances and poly substance use all playing a greater role [3]. These developments are impacting both the nat…
What app? Demographic and drug use predictors of buying drugs via different social media and messaging apps
Use of social media apps for drug buying are influenced by demographics (mainly age), drug market contexts, and drug type used
A decade of regulated Cannabis Social Clubs in Uruguay
Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs) have been regulated in Uruguay for over a decade, and the first registered CSC opened in Montevideo in 2015. This commentary discusses how the CSC model fared vis-à-vis increasing legal supply of recreational cannabis products in pharmacies. We identify five key developments, drawing on latest administrative data and fieldwork conducted in Uruguay. First, the number of CSCs and their registered members has steadily in…
Preventing Mission Drift and Commercialization of Government Cannabis Monopolies
Background A government monopoly for cannabis sales may offer public health advantages over more commercial approaches. The monopoly governance and regulatory infrastructure can help avoid overcommercialization and related harms. Aims To examine the governance mechanisms in the cannabis retail monopoly managed by the Quebec cannabis corporation ( Société québécoise du cannabis , SQDC), and how they restrain commercialization and attempt to reduce…
A clarion call to the addiction science community
Motherhood and medicinal cannabis
Systemic inequities in alcohol licensing
Market Revenues and Economic Opportunities in the Legal Cannabis Market in Uruguay
Background: The regulated cannabis market in Uruguay has received international attention as an alternative to profit-maximising cannabis legalisation models. However, relatively little is known about how this market has been operationalised. The goal of our policy commentary is to identify the key actors with a role in the legal regulated cannabis market, provide estimates of the annual revenues, discuss the existing market opportunities, and co…
“I straight up criminalized myself on messenger”
Background and Aim Social media drug markets are likely to present people participating in these spaces with new vulnerabilities to law enforcement. There is currently limited research on how people perceive and manage the risk of exposure to law enforcement in social media drug markets. This is particularly notable considering widespread practices of user data collection and the normalization of surveillance as part of social media engagement.Me…
Exploring Differences in Daily Vaping of Nicotine and Cannabis among People Who Use Drugs in New Zealand
Background: Little is known about daily vaping of different substances, particularly cannabis. Aim: To explore daily vaping of cannabis and nicotine products in a sample of people who use drugs in New Zealand. Method: The online New Zealand Drug Trends convenience survey (N = 23,500) was promoted to those aged 16+ via a targeted FacebookTM campaign, with 9,042 reporting vaping in the past six months. Multivariate logistic regression models were f…
Exploring digital news, advocacy networks and social media campaigns ‘for’ and ‘against’ cannabis legalisation during New Zealand’s cannabis legalisation referendum
New Zealand’s 2020 cannabis legalisation referendum was narrowly defeated. Some post-referendum commentary claimed that the anti-reform campaign dominated the information space. Digital media represented a new forum for referendum advocacy. We analysed reporting on the cannabis referendum by six leading New Zealand digital news providers and Facebook advocacy campaigns ‘for’ and ‘against’ legalisation during 3 months pre-referendum. The mean sent…
Comparative analysis of policy responses to residential methamphetamine contamination by two public housing authorities in the United States and New Zealand
This research aims to compare the policy response to residential methamphetamine contamination by public housing authorities in the United States and New Zealand. We utilize a comparative case study approach to analyze the process of policy development, implementation, and outcomes by the Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority (SKHA, US) and Housing New Zealand (HNZ now Kāinga Ora, NZ). Both housing authorities initially developed their policies b…
Lessons from the implementation of residential methamphetamine contamination policies in New Zealand
Referendum Campaigns in Hybrid Media Systems
During New Zealand’s 2020 cannabis legalisation referendum, advocacy groups on both sides widely debated the issue, utilising “older” and “newer” media channels to strategically influence voters, including through appearances in traditional media and paid advertising campaigns on Facebook. Comparatively little is known about the campaign strategies used by each camp and how they leveraged the hybrid media environment to advocate for their positio…
Social Supply and the Potential for Harm Reduction in Social Media Drug Markets
Background Existing studies have highlighted the potential for increased drug market risks from buying drugs via social media involving strangers, such as receiving adulterated drugs or being robbed. However, social supply-driven social media drug markets may also offer enhanced social dealing and harm reduction opportunities. Aim To explore how social media platform features that enable expanded social networking may also support safer social dr…
Choice’ of social media platform or encrypted messaging app to buy and sell illegal drugs
Assessing options for cannabis law reform
Strictly regulated legal market options were ranked higher than both the current prohibition, and alternatively, more lightly regulated legal market options, as they were projected to minimize health and social harms while substantially reducing arrests and the illegal market
Predictors of voter support for the legalization of recreational cannabis use and supply via a national referendum
Support for cannabis legalization was not based on broad demographics, but rather specific views concerning the medicinal benefit, morality of cannabis use, health risk of frequent cannabis use, political party affiliation, and knowledge of the proposed regulatory controls of the CLCB. The influence of moral views of cannabis use on voting behaviour suggest the need to debate the right to use cannabis. The importance of knowledge of the proposed …
Towards social justice and economic empowerment? Exploring Jamaica’s progress with implementing cannabis law reform
The Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act (DDAA) 2015 positioned Jamaica at the forefront of international cannabis law reforms in the developing world. The DDAA legalised and regulated commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis for medicinal and therapeutic use, legalised home cultivation and decriminalised personal possession of cannabis. This dramatic policy change came after years of discriminatory drug law enforcement and multiple attempts at canna…
The Use of Discord Servers to Buy and Sell Drugs
The focus of current research on social media drug markets is the use of mainstream platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. No research currently exists examining how lesser-known social media platforms may facilitate online drug supply. This paper presents the first analysis of the use of the social media platform Discord to buy and sell illegal drugs. The study utilizes observational data and qualitative interviews with Discord drug…
Why did New Zealand's referendum to legalise recreational cannabis fail
New Zealand recently held the world's first national referendum on cannabis legalisation involving a detailed bill to regulate retail sale and supply of cannabis for recreational (non‐medical) adult use (i.e. the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill; CLCB). The referendum generated significant domestic debate and lobbying from both sides of the issue. The CLCB was narrowly defeated, with 48.4% voting to support versus 50.7% opposed. In this com…
Towards social justice and economic empowerment? Exploring Jamaica’s progress with implementing cannabis law reform
The Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act (DDAA) 2015 positioned Jamaica at the forefront of international cannabis law reforms in the developing world. The DDAA legalised and regulated commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis for medicinal and therapeutic use, legalised home cultivation and decriminalised personal possession of cannabis. This dramatic policy change came after years of discriminatory drug law enforcement and multiple attempts at canna…
Market Revenues and Economic Opportunities in the Legal Cannabis Market in Uruguay
Background: The regulated cannabis market in Uruguay has received international attention as an alternative to profit-maximising cannabis legalisation models. However, relatively little is known about how this market has been operationalised. The goal of our policy commentary is to identify the key actors with a role in the legal regulated cannabis market, provide estimates of the annual revenues, discuss the existing market opportunities, and co…
Social Supply and the Potential for Harm Reduction in Social Media Drug Markets
Background Existing studies have highlighted the potential for increased drug market risks from buying drugs via social media involving strangers, such as receiving adulterated drugs or being robbed. However, social supply-driven social media drug markets may also offer enhanced social dealing and harm reduction opportunities. Aim To explore how social media platform features that enable expanded social networking may also support safer social dr…
The Use of Discord Servers to Buy and Sell Drugs
The focus of current research on social media drug markets is the use of mainstream platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. No research currently exists examining how lesser-known social media platforms may facilitate online drug supply. This paper presents the first analysis of the use of the social media platform Discord to buy and sell illegal drugs. The study utilizes observational data and qualitative interviews with Discord drug…
The challenge of a ban on animal testing for the development of a regulated legal market for new psychoactive substances (NPS) (‘legal highs’) in New Zealand
Legal high industry business and lobbying strategies under a legal market for new psychoactive substances (NPS, ‘legal highs’) in New Zealand
A critical analysis of the implementation of a legal regulated market for new psychoactive substances (“legal highs”) in New Zealand
Determinants of high availability of methamphetamine, cannabis, LSD and ecstasy in New Zealand
A ‘community enterprise’ model for recreational cannabis
Could the community trust model be applied to regulate cannabis? Findings from a survey of two alcohol licensing trust communities in New Zealand
Introduction: New Zealand’s Alcohol Licencing Trusts (ALTs) are community-owned entities that sell alcohol in their districts and return profits back to the local community.Aim: To investigate support for applying the ALT model to regulate legal cannabis.Method: An online survey asked people living in two ALT districts to rate their support for applying the ALT model to legal cannabis; 2,379 people completed the survey. Logistic regression models…
Determinants of the retail price of illegal drugs in New Zealand
Issues in the establishment of a therapeutic cannabis market under Jamaica's Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act 2015
You have to make some money before you can do some good”
Why did New Zealand's referendum to legalise recreational cannabis fail
New Zealand recently held the world's first national referendum on cannabis legalisation involving a detailed bill to regulate retail sale and supply of cannabis for recreational (non‐medical) adult use (i.e. the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill; CLCB). The referendum generated significant domestic debate and lobbying from both sides of the issue. The CLCB was narrowly defeated, with 48.4% voting to support versus 50.7% opposed. In this com…
Response to commentaries
Foreign investment in emerging legal medicinal cannabis markets
INTRODUCTION: The establishment of a legal market for medicinal cannabis under the Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act 2015 has positioned Jamaica at the forefront of cannabis law reform in the developing world. Many local cannabis businesses have attracted investment from overseas, including from Canada, US and Europe. AIM: To explore the opportunities and risks of foreign investment in an emerging domestic legal cannabis market in a developing countr…
Predictors of using social media to purchase drugs in New Zealand
Choice’ of social media platform or encrypted messaging app to buy and sell illegal drugs
Assessing options for cannabis law reform
Strictly regulated legal market options were ranked higher than both the current prohibition, and alternatively, more lightly regulated legal market options, as they were projected to minimize health and social harms while substantially reducing arrests and the illegal market
Predictors of voter support for the legalization of recreational cannabis use and supply via a national referendum
Support for cannabis legalization was not based on broad demographics, but rather specific views concerning the medicinal benefit, morality of cannabis use, health risk of frequent cannabis use, political party affiliation, and knowledge of the proposed regulatory controls of the CLCB. The influence of moral views of cannabis use on voting behaviour suggest the need to debate the right to use cannabis. The importance of knowledge of the proposed …
Towards social justice and economic empowerment? Exploring Jamaica’s progress with implementing cannabis law reform
The Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act (DDAA) 2015 positioned Jamaica at the forefront of international cannabis law reforms in the developing world. The DDAA legalised and regulated commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis for medicinal and therapeutic use, legalised home cultivation and decriminalised personal possession of cannabis. This dramatic policy change came after years of discriminatory drug law enforcement and multiple attempts at canna…
The Use of Discord Servers to Buy and Sell Drugs
The focus of current research on social media drug markets is the use of mainstream platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. No research currently exists examining how lesser-known social media platforms may facilitate online drug supply. This paper presents the first analysis of the use of the social media platform Discord to buy and sell illegal drugs. The study utilizes observational data and qualitative interviews with Discord drug…
Exploring Differences in Daily Vaping of Nicotine and Cannabis among People Who Use Drugs in New Zealand
Background: Little is known about daily vaping of different substances, particularly cannabis. Aim: To explore daily vaping of cannabis and nicotine products in a sample of people who use drugs in New Zealand. Method: The online New Zealand Drug Trends convenience survey (N = 23,500) was promoted to those aged 16+ via a targeted FacebookTM campaign, with 9,042 reporting vaping in the past six months. Multivariate logistic regression models were f…
Exploring digital news, advocacy networks and social media campaigns ‘for’ and ‘against’ cannabis legalisation during New Zealand’s cannabis legalisation referendum
New Zealand’s 2020 cannabis legalisation referendum was narrowly defeated. Some post-referendum commentary claimed that the anti-reform campaign dominated the information space. Digital media represented a new forum for referendum advocacy. We analysed reporting on the cannabis referendum by six leading New Zealand digital news providers and Facebook advocacy campaigns ‘for’ and ‘against’ legalisation during 3 months pre-referendum. The mean sent…
Comparative analysis of policy responses to residential methamphetamine contamination by two public housing authorities in the United States and New Zealand
This research aims to compare the policy response to residential methamphetamine contamination by public housing authorities in the United States and New Zealand. We utilize a comparative case study approach to analyze the process of policy development, implementation, and outcomes by the Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority (SKHA, US) and Housing New Zealand (HNZ now Kāinga Ora, NZ). Both housing authorities initially developed their policies b…
Lessons from the implementation of residential methamphetamine contamination policies in New Zealand
Referendum Campaigns in Hybrid Media Systems
During New Zealand’s 2020 cannabis legalisation referendum, advocacy groups on both sides widely debated the issue, utilising “older” and “newer” media channels to strategically influence voters, including through appearances in traditional media and paid advertising campaigns on Facebook. Comparatively little is known about the campaign strategies used by each camp and how they leveraged the hybrid media environment to advocate for their positio…
Social Supply and the Potential for Harm Reduction in Social Media Drug Markets
Background Existing studies have highlighted the potential for increased drug market risks from buying drugs via social media involving strangers, such as receiving adulterated drugs or being robbed. However, social supply-driven social media drug markets may also offer enhanced social dealing and harm reduction opportunities. Aim To explore how social media platform features that enable expanded social networking may also support safer social dr…
“I straight up criminalized myself on messenger”
Background and Aim Social media drug markets are likely to present people participating in these spaces with new vulnerabilities to law enforcement. There is currently limited research on how people perceive and manage the risk of exposure to law enforcement in social media drug markets. This is particularly notable considering widespread practices of user data collection and the normalization of surveillance as part of social media engagement.Me…
Cannabis (21 obras) · Political science (21 obras) · Business (20 obras) · Law (19 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (18 obras) · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (17 obras) · Medicine (16 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (15 obras) · Psychiatry (14 obras) · Psychology (14 obras)