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![Ex-addict says roadside drug testing wouldn't have stopped him – but NZ should still do it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Ex-addict says roadside drug testing wouldn't have stopped him – but NZ should still do it
During his time on drugs, he drove high 'every day' and wrote off about six vehicles.
![Cannabis advocate warns roadside drug test plan could harm mentally ill drivers and Māori](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Cannabis advocate warns roadside drug test plan could harm mentally ill drivers and Māori
Drivers will be randomly tested for cocaine, methamphetamine, and cannabis.
!['Restrict access': Person hospitalised for 26 days after consuming 720 'nangs'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'Restrict access': Person hospitalised for 26 days after consuming 720 'nangs'
Nitrous oxide has been abused as a recreational drug, where canisters are inhaled.
![A quarter of a million dollars' worth of cannabis found during traffic stop](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
A quarter of a million dollars' worth of cannabis found during traffic stop
Police pulled man over for driving without headlights and then officers smelled drugs.
!['You or your mum:' Boy woke next to grave dug by dad, told to choose who was going in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'You or your mum:' Boy woke next to grave dug by dad, told to choose who was going in
More than a decade of man's 'monstrous' violence against partner and son comes to an end.
![Drugged driver admits killing retired Rotorua couple in high-speed crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Drugged driver admits killing retired Rotorua couple in high-speed crash
A driver has appeared in court charged over the deaths of John and Janice Christensen.
![Give youth a chance: Employers urged to give young Northlanders their first job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Give youth a chance: Employers urged to give young Northlanders their first job
Northland youth unemployment is the highest in the country, new figures show.
![Ex-Head Hunter caught flushing meth down toilet in police raid on Herne Bay home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Ex-Head Hunter caught flushing meth down toilet in police raid on Herne Bay home
Former outlaw bikie caught with new meth stash during raid at his rehab facility.
!['Foolish' dealer filmed himself cooking meth, couriering drugs and cash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'Foolish' dealer filmed himself cooking meth, couriering drugs and cash
Now Kodee Kee-Sue has been jailed for more than 13 years.
![Watch: Man Tasered before death in custody, family hopes footage a 'wake-up call'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Watch: Man Tasered before death in custody, family hopes footage a 'wake-up call'
The video shows the man attacking a pensioner before he is Tasered by police and arrested.
!['Witchcraft': Psychotic man who died in police custody saw ghosts before brutal attack on pensioner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'Witchcraft': Psychotic man who died in police custody saw ghosts before brutal attack on pensioner
A coroner says it is possible the prisoner suffocated while wearing a spit hood.
!['Best thing for our marriage': How ecstasy use is on the rise among older Kiwis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'Best thing for our marriage': How ecstasy use is on the rise among older Kiwis
Ecstasy is the second most commonly used illicit drug in New Zealand after cannabis.
!['Terrified': Mobster on meth carjacks couple, speeds off sitting on driver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'Terrified': Mobster on meth carjacks couple, speeds off sitting on driver
Woman pinned to seat by tattooed gangster struggled to breathe, says judge.
![Woman's crucial role as mule for a jailhouse drug ring](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Woman's crucial role as mule for a jailhouse drug ring
When Freedom Walker visited her partner in jail, she took meth and cannabis with her.
![Meth addict had been up for three days when he stabbed stranger on Auckland bus](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Meth addict had been up for three days when he stabbed stranger on Auckland bus
'I don’t know why the male attacked me. I was just trying to help him.'
![Man sobs as jury acquits him on serious drug charge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Man sobs as jury acquits him on serious drug charge
The Crown said there were too many coincidences linking the man to the meth lab.
![Man arrested in Greenhithe for drug and ammunition possession](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Man arrested in Greenhithe for drug and ammunition possession
The man was charged with the possession of GBL [also known as Fantasy or Liquid Ecstasy].
![Unaddressed trauma and grief: Why teen stabbed a heavily pregnant woman](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Unaddressed trauma and grief: Why teen stabbed a heavily pregnant woman
Court told the 19yo had lured the woman to an address under false pretences.
![Election candidate was jailed for drug crime: 'I've learned from my mistakes'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Election candidate was jailed for drug crime: 'I've learned from my mistakes'
Convicted offender Ashley Hillis wants to show that people can change for the better.
![Woman accuses police of deleting footage related to clan lab](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Woman accuses police of deleting footage related to clan lab
A woman says she and her partner had nothing to do with a meth lab.
!['Injured mana': Reformed criminal turned drug counsellor sought $700,000 compensation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'Injured mana': Reformed criminal turned drug counsellor sought $700,000 compensation
Paora Sweeney wanted a marae-based apology from the prison manager for 'injury' to mana.