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Person left in hospital after toxic chemical sold as recreational drug
The toxic chemical diethylene glycol is currently being sold in Auckland.
The toxic chemical diethylene glycol is currently being sold in Auckland.
ESR is partnering with the Drug Foundation to reduce harm from illegal drugs this summer.
Twenty-eight per cent increase in drug incidents in prisons marks a five-year peak.
The task force seized 975kg of heroin, 523kg of meth and 4244kg of hash in November.
New Zealand consumed the highest loads of new psychoactive substances a new study shows.
Very little is known about the drug, police and early-warning website warn.
Exclusive: NZ in talks with Turkey over return of 'international commander'.
Smugglers are alleged to have brought around 50kg of cocaine into NZ.
"Meth starts off as 'not the problem', it starts off as an attempt to stop the problem."
UK police have been flooded with reports from women rendered 'completely paralysed'.
Operation Tarpon alleged drug importation and drug dealing defendants heading to trial.
Meth is used by a small percentage of people in NZ but the people who use it use it a lot.
The band's decision to remove the 1971 song from their set list has caused controversy.
The level of MDMA and alcohol ultimately led to him suffering acute cardiac failure.
The Crown said he had no need to stay and stab his ex-friend. He said it was an accident.
Warriors star Reece Walsh broke down as he admits to cocaine possession while on the Gold Coast. Video / Supplied
For the first time the radio star reveals the trauma of having a drug addict in her life.
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced almost 1000 firearms and $5m in cash has been seized with 800 people arrested in Operation Tauwhiro. Video / Marty Melville
A 2-month-old baby lay on his dead mother's chest for days before her body was found.
"I never thought I was carrying drugs."
Jailed woman said she couldn't have imported drugs in Ninety Mile Beach drama.
Fifteen arrested in Tonga after cocaine washed up on beach in Vava'u.
A Givealittle page has been set up to help with Harland-White's repatriation costs.
A 19-year-old mum was allegedly on drugs when her baby son drowned in a bathtub.
Illegal firearms dealer Gordon Mark McRae was sentenced in Rotorua District Court today.
Drug users in Taranaki urged to be cautious after two deaths and a hospitalisation.
Doomed man sent associate with money and a message for ex-wife, jurors told.
Massage parlour manager's jailhouse call tipped cops off to dead body, Crown says.
Police arrest eight men and three women in 22 searches.
Promising results reported from the Lumi Drug Scan handheld device.