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.
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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
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Synthetic cannabis 'an open can of worms'
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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
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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
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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.
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Easy as A, B... P: Meth now easier to get than cannabis
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NZ's drug underworld: 'Severed limbs, swingers parties and murder'
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Victim's family launch petition: 'Synthetics are scary, very, very scary'
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Police seized more than 100kg of cocaine last year
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Ross Bell: Public safety most important thing
COMMENT: Public health and safety should be starting point for debate on drug law reform.