Latvians charged over 8kg cocaine bust
The pair allegedly had 8kg of cocaine stowed in their baggage.
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'No harm intended' from rat poison stunt
Medical cannabis campaigner Rose Renton was behind the rat poison protest.
Medical cannabis advocates march in Auckland
Medicinal cannabis protesters gather to press for legalisation.
$100 now or $200 later? The science of self-control
Would you take $100 now, or wait a year and get $200, a Kiwi experiment has asked.
Teens hospitalised after taking drugs found in park
Police say pills found by 14-year-old were likely synthetic cannabis or hashish.
Synthetic cannabis seized in Manawatu
Man and woman arrested in the Manawatu for offences related to supplying synthetics.
Synthetic cannabis believed to have fuelled fall
Witness believes incident was synthetic cannabis-related.
More than 100 packets of P cut from man's gut
Man charged with trying to smuggle meth from Canada.
Revealed: Generation most at risk of drug death
Those aged between 40 and 49 have the highest incidence of drug-related deaths.
A life of drugs, gambling, sex and prostitutes
Cocaine dealer jailed for supplying the drug to Sydney's elite.
Now it's 10: synthetic cannabis toll rises
The number of July deaths blamed on a deadly batch of synthetic cannabis has risen to 10.
Synthetic cannabis more potent than ever
More potent synthetics rise amidst a drought in the south of pure cannabis.
Lethal synthetic cannabis being tested
Multiple agencies are investigating what's in synthetic drugs after a spate of deaths.
Kerre McIvor: Drugs affecting middle class
COMMENT: Think synthetic cannabis won't impact your family? Think again.
Experts: 'Tell us what's in killer drug'
Peter Dunne wants the Chief Coroner to release information on a "killer drug"
Editorial: Plain message in drug deaths
EDITORIAL: It is staggering that anybody is buying this deadly contaminated drug.
Stolen meat used to buy synthetic cannabis - police
Synthetic cannabis is "nothing more than a backyard concoction" that kills, police say.
Weedkiller in deadly synthetic drugs
Toxic chemical cocktail is being blamed for life-threatening reactions to synthetic drugs.
Drug deaths don't warrant Govt response - PM
Govt will leave the response to seven drug deaths to police, PM Bill English says.
Deadly dope poisoning Auckland's homeless
Auckland's homeless speak of the of Auckland's new synthetic cannabis scourge.
Cops on synthetic cannabis: More will die
Kiwi synthetic cannabis epidemic kills seven people in just one month.
Meth, cash seized in Hamilton and Otago
Police have seized methamphetamine worth $130,000 and $80,000 in cash.
Bennett talks task force in Tauranga
Police Minister Paula Bennett visited Tauranga this week.
Police stop car, seize $1.2m of meth
Nelson police found 1.2kg of meth when they stopped a car in Murchison.
Huffing suspected in car explosion
Woman left with serious facial injuries after explosion when she lit cigarette in her car.
Jump in Kiwis abusing prescription meds
Associate Health Minister challenged on the focus on abuse of illegal drugs.
Workplace drug testing warning
Testing must not be used as a de facto law enforcement and punitive measure, Dunne says.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Feilding drug test controversy
Parents up in arms after drug tests on students. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Meth-using crim to be dumped back in NZ
Kiwi-born aggravated robber to be deported despite not being in NZ since age 5.
Who put the P in Pahiatua?
Heartland New Zealand is being hit hard by the methamphetamine scourge.
19 years for smuggling liquid meth in wine bottles
Sentencing for four caught smuggling liquid meth in wine bottles.
Meth-infused lollipops seized in bust
Car was crammed with so much candy-shaped meth suspects had trouble closing the trunk.
State house evictions double in Auckland
Redevelopment and methamphetamine were two key reasons for evictions from state houses.
US woman put meth in child's mouth
US toddler recovering in hospital after stranger put P in his mouth.