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Kōrero: Drugs

Young man huffing, 1988

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Young man huffing, 1988

A young man inhales solvents in a plastic bag to get a high. This is known as huffing, and tended to be a habit of younger people. It has resulted in several fatalities in New Zealand.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1988/1624

by Merv Griffiths

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Drugs – Hard drugs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39577/young-man-huffing-1988 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 15 November 2012.