A six-month rise in meth-related motorcycle burglaries has led to the creation of a new task force in Wairarapa.

A house fire which claimed two lives has been linked to "spotting cannabis".

Drug overdoses at Melbourne's Electric Parade music festival have landed more than 20 revellers in hospital.

A drug considered a potential chemical weapon and terrorist threat has been detected in Queensland, sparking an urgent warning from authorities.

Border Patrol agents in Arizona have dismantled an enormous drug catapult that was being used to launch illegal drugs into the United States from Mexico.

COMMENT: We need a return to the anti-drug movies of the 1930s as we fight a new danger destroying families and communities, writes Paul Charman.

People obsessed with having a tan are injecting a drug being illegally imported in to Australia that could slowly kill them.

Northlander jailed for selling drugs often met his young customers at the school boundary.

Twenty people have been arrested after a five-month police operation aimed at preventing the supply of methamphetamine and cannabis.

A tenant advocate is hailing the Government for adopting a more "compassionate" line with state house tenants who get involved with drugs.

"In his mind drugs equalled sex and sex equalled drugs. My belief is he didn't separate that until the day he died," says former lover.

Michala Pyke who plied her four-year-old daughter with drugs before she died was jailed yesterday as shocking social services failures were laid bare.

Two people arrested during a police bust on the Daktory Whangarei cannabis club have been further remanded in custody for bail applications next week.

As money and people flee small-town America, pills and heroin come in.

Students from a top Auckland college escaped suspension from school after being caught using drugs.

The late star even once admitted to doing cocaine on the set of a Star Wars film saying she was desperate to feel different.

The cause of pop star George Michael's death has been revealed, as a report emerges of his secret battle with heroin addiction.

Two people have been arrested after police found a marijuana plant - that was decorated like a Christmas tree.

A drug addict accused of lacing a four-year-old girl who later died with drugs has told a jury he was too drugged up and 'off his nut' to know what he was doing.

A meth dealer and addict for 20 years, Australian Pat Smith recalls the night he fired a sawn-off shotgun at a man at point blank range. It turned his life around.

The mother of a four-year-old girl who died following alleged child cruelty had told the youngster: "I hate you, you little b*****d", a court heard.

Keith Urban smoked crack cocaine in his drug dealer's bathroom during the height of his addiction.

A new report into alcohol and drug use among police detainees shows a reduction in cannabis and alcohol consumption, while the demand for methamphetamine is on the rise.

Doctors are warning of drugs up to 10,000 times more potent flooding Australia's streets.

A powerful new video released today shows kiwis talking frankly about how methamphetamine, also known as P, affected their lives and what turning points triggered their recovery. Source: Youtube / BUZZED

Cash, methamphetamine, vehicles, synthetic drugs and at least one firearm were seized following a major police bust in Christchurch.

Source: Fox News 8. An American mother is facing charges after she allegedly injected heroin into her three children, calling it "sleep juice" and "feel good medicine."

An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.

A man has been charged with attempting to smuggle almost 200kg of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of $176 million, into New Zealand.

As a nationwide opioid epidemic raged, DEA investigators went after companies distributing millions of highly addictive pills. Then, their cases ground to a halt.