Govt gives $17m to Auckland City Mission
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Roughan: Take a long look in the mirror
COMMENT: Blame health and environmental zealots for the over-reaction of meth smoke.
Rotorua wānanga 'first step' in campaign for a P-free Te Arawa
Meetings aim to offer advice and give hope to people in face of scourge of P.
Meth 'bogeyman' destroyed by report
Social housing providers are hoping pressure across all housing will ease.
Meth tester hits back at report
Meth tester says industry is working off Government-provided meth levels.
New kind of deadly synthetic drug surfaces in Auckland
St John staff are being called to 30 synthetic drug-related incidents per week.
American in $1.3m cocaine bust at Auckland Airport
Man in court after bid to smuggle 3kg of cocaine into country in false-bottom suitcase.
Fatal police shooting: Woman in court on P charge
Woman appears in court charged in connection to police shooting victim Jerrim Toms.
Operation Ark: Inside NZ's $50m designer drug ring
SPECIAL REPORT: The Herald reveals the full story of London Underground.
New Zealand 'most expensive country to buy cocaine'
A new survey has shown that New Zealand pays the most for cocaine.
Revealed: The man behind NZ's $50m designer drug ring
From party pills to prison. After six years, the name of the millionaire can be revealed.
Brazilian man's wooden ornament cocaine ploy
Several Brazilians have been arrested and jailed after being caught smuggling cocaine.
Hawkesby: You can't just tell teens not to do drugs
COMMENT: Teens will not just abstain from drugs just because we tell them to.
Kids smoking dope don't need less education, they need more
The consequences of the punishment are worse than the crime.
Synthetic cannabis bust in West Auckland
Woman, 48, scheduled to appear in the Waitakere District Court following raid.
'Baby-faced' drug dealer beats jail, can go home to parents
A teen was caught importing drugs from all over the world via the dark net.
MPs given lessons in using medical cannabis
Hearings on medical cannabis laws have included instructions on how to use it.
Drug raid accused refuses to enter prison video booth
A further 20 arrests from the Kawerau police raids have been remanded in Tauranga Court.
Synthetic cannabis 'an open can of worms'
Father says the "psychoactive killer drug" has harmed his whanau and the community.
Careful what you say, cannabis submitters told
More than 200 people disclosed criminal acts or sensitive information to Parliament.
Teen ran dark web drug deals from room
Kiwi teenagers have been spending their time on the dark net - importing drugs.
Four members of same family arrested on drug charges
The four are facing a range of charges under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Ecstasy busts: International drug lords target NZ
Authorities say high prices attracting international gangs. Drug Foundation disagrees.
Health bosses warn Govt: 'Patients could die'
Health Minister warned changes could be unethical and kill or seriously harm addicts.
22 people in US bleeding from eyes after using synthetics
This is the first time that severe bleeding has been associated with the drugs.
Three arrested after drug raids in Huntly
Two men and one woman were arrested after two searches by AOS today.
Inside the raids on the Mongrel Mob
Police smashed a P supply chain in Kawerau today. But breaking addiction is harder.
Higher meth and cannabis dependency in North Island
Waikato has the most dependent P users, while high cannabis use is big in Bay of Plenty
The power to destroy
Kelly Lyndon on the heart-breaking journey of loving a P addict and the novel it inspired.
Synthetic drugs: Bill for tougher penalties passes
Bill to toughen penalties for supplying psychoactive drugs passes first reading.
Father of drug victim calls for harsher sentences
Lewis Jones delivered a petition to Parliament today supporting harsher drug penalties.
How a letter brought my estranged twin sister home
Sandra left her family for a drug addiction. After 13 years, a letter brought her home.
'Bad ecstasy batch' was three times as powerful
More than a dozen people, including a 15-year-old, admitted to Christchurch Hospital.