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'Devastated': Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler enters rehab facility

Aerosmith has cancelled tour dates amid news of Steven Tyler's relapse.

Zac Guildford charged with breaching intensive supervision before latest sentencing

The offending allegedly occurred before Guildford was sentenced earlier this year.

Woman shocked that she's jailed for offering to supply meth

Supporter yells in court people did not do enough to help her friend.

'It eases the pain': Former meth addict working on Northland doco

Warning: This story discusses addiction and self-harm.

Judge tells drug-dealing mum she should have changed 'two daughters ago'

A drug dealer's request for a lighter sentence has failed with a Rotorua judge.

Doomed by design: Why you can't stop scrolling

How much of phone addiction is influenced by factors beyond our control?

Fetish turns fatal: Wealthy 'sexual deviant' sentenced to 30 years in prison

He injected two men with lethal doses of meth.

Govt slated over big spend but few improvements in mental health

Improvements in services "have not materialised as we had hoped for over this time".

Big Read: Meth-fuelled burglar shot by farmer

The sorry saga could have had an even worse ending, reports Kurt Bayer.

Jay-Jay Feeney's secret struggle: 'I feared for my life'

For the first time the radio star reveals the trauma of having a drug addict in her life.

Editorial: Ardern's Mob rehab funding signoff - how a $2.75m mistake was made

OPINION: We shouldn't fear giving money to the Mob. But the PM's eyes weren't 'wide open'.

Homeless addicts sniff lighter fluid as glue becomes scarce

The shift from one "volatile" substance to another has been noted since the lockdown.

'They are genuine': Participants of Mongrel Mob-led rehab are getting clean

"When the change is coming from those guys themselves, it's really powerful."

Alexander Gillespie: Permanent drug checks positive step towards 'NZ's war on drugs'

Between 2017 and 2019, more than 70 deaths were attributed to synthetic cannabis in NZ.

Coroner to probe newborn baby's tragic death in prison

A baby died in tragic circumstances in a Melbourne prison, a court has been told.

'I hated it but I was hooked': Spike in sex addicts linked to pandemic

'I felt so much shame and fear about losing my family.'

Harry Tam 'not quite the butter wouldn't melt in your mouth guy' says Bridges

National Party rails against current government for funding gangs.

Northland's meth epidemic and the new approach making a difference

Drug experts call for a Northland initiative tackling meth use to be rolled out across NZ.