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Leading drug workers will meet politicians and law makers this week to push for changes to drug legislation amid evidence that cannabis is out of favour and synthetic drugs are far more popular.
Statistics New Zealand figures show that while overall drug offending has remained relatively stable in the nine years since 1998, "new drug" offending has risen steadily since the category was introduced in 2003.
"New drugs" refer to narcotics such as methamphetamine, Ecstasy and Fantasy.
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