Wasted: Drug testing shows Kiwis using $8.9 million in illicit substances each week
What drugs are Kiwis using, and how much? New wastewater testing results reveal all.
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NZ First to rethink pill testing at music festivals
Several MPs opposed the idea in a public clash over the issue.
Snapchat 'where most people' in their 20s buy drugs in NZ
Mega dose MDMA Punisher tablets are for sale on Snapchat in NZ, mirroring trends overseas.
'How fast someone is affected': Mum shows son's downward spiral
The shocking photos were taken just seven months apart.
Why gang member numbers have risen 30 per cent
Political leaders and senior police speak out.
Simon Bridges on drug testing at festivals
Simon Bridges on drug testing at festivals
Mike Hosking talks to PM Jacinda Ardern about the government's approach to drugs
Replay: Mike Hosking talks to PM Jacinda Ardern about the government's approach to drugs
Meth prices plummet, sparking fears of more users
Prices for methamphetamine continue to drop around the country despite big seizures.
Editorial: Dropped drug-testing scheme is a bitter pill
EDITORIAL: It's a given that people will stumble down the foolhardy road of drug taking.
Dreams destroyed: Man killed by drugged driver was trying to start family
Family of a man killed by a drink driver high on meth speak out after sentencing.
'Wasted': Killer driver consumed booze, meth before crash
Man sentenced for causing fatal crash while under influence of drugs and alcohol
Hosking: Winston the voice of reason in a Govt soft on drugs
COMMENT: Allowing drug tests at concerts is the mentality of complete surrender.
'He was jerking and thrashing': New drug concerns as concertgoers hospitalised
Hospitalisations and crazed behaviour at Auckland concert raise fears of new drug.
Kevin Hollingsworth - it's been nine years since his last meth hit's unvarnished story
It's been nine years since Kevin Hollingsworth had his last puff of P.
Drug-fuelled 'insanity': Concertgoers climb huge marquee
Three concertgoers critical after bad drugs, many others climbed the 25m-high tent.
Three in critical condition after taking bad drugs at Auckland dance event
Concertgoers were seen "chewing their lips off" at Mt Smart's Listen In event last night.
Car-jacking terror: Nun attacked by woman high on LSD
Woman who tried to carjack nun and her brother jailed for two years.
Convicted murderer and 'Mr Asia' dealer admits fresh drug charge
Patrick Norton-Bennett was an associate of 'Mr Asia' syndicate boss Terry Clark.
'I want 51 kills': Man who supported mosque gunman jailed
Man who allegedly expressed admiration for the Christchurch mosque killings back in court
Drug-smuggler Karel Sroubek speaks from prison, slams Parole Board
"It is not the role of the Parole Board to retry a prisoner."
$86m drug bust: Kiwis willing to pay more for their high
NZ drug users are targeted by overseas criminals because they're willing to pay more.
Court of Appeal dismisses bid to have meth conviction overturned
Man loses appeal against conviction for manufacturing meth in a Northland holiday home.
Drug-smuggling kickboxer Karel Sroubek denied parole
The Parole Board said Sroubek remains an undue risk.
Teuila Fuatai: Cannabis reform critical for Māori men
COMMENT: Legalising cannabis would help stop pathway to prison for Māori men.
Secrets of illegal medicinal cannabis users
Medical cannabis is a multi-billion-dollar industry.
For sale: Judge orders assets of Mob president to be sold before meth trial
Judge orders sale of gang president's $90,000 truck but not his 'relatively rare' car.
Fatal doses: Mum says synthetics took son to 'darkness'
Mum of a man who died after using synthetic drugs speaks about the 'darkness' he became.
Fatal dose: 75 die in two years from synthetic drugs
At least 75 people have been killed as a result of synthetic drugs, says Chief Coroner
Goodbye after goodbye: Mum's struggle against opioid addiction
Deb Ware has battled for three years to save her opioid-addicted son's life
469kg meth bust: Trio in court on raft of charges
Three men have appeared in court following the biggest meth bust at NZ's border.
Man pleads guilty to possession of $36m worth of meth
Man appeared in the Rotorua District Court via audio visual link.
Top Auckland school calls in drug sniffer dogs
Almost 100 schools are now calling in dogs - are they going overboard?
Focus: Operation Frontia. Massive amount of meth caught on the coast
Focus: Operation Frontia. Massive amount of meth caught on the coast. Video / Mike Scott
Money-laundering case: Trio banned from ANZ banks as police seize $9 million
About $9 million in assets was seized by police today in Auckland.