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.

Scientists have called for a crackdown on doping in chess after it emerged players may be taking performance-enhancing substances.

Mongrel Mob president Rex Timu says P addiction fell from 80 to 10 per cent in his chapter, and has lodged a Waitangi Tribunal claim against 'racist' health policies.

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.

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 former top official at a $266 billion US pension fund allegedly steered $2.9 billion in trades in exchange for drugs and prositutes.

A millionaire businessman who won a battle to keep his name secret was so addicted to cocaine he begged his dealer for a small amount to "keep him going".

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.

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.

The streets are 'eerily quiet', but the success of gang Tribal Huk's ultimatum is in dispute.

Two women from high-profile fractured relationships have found solace with Destiny Church.

An Australian rugby player's meth addiction does not explain his attempt to rape a six-year-old boy, prosecutors have told a US judge, as sentencing nears.

The leader of a methamphetamine importation ring - run from his prison cell - has been jailed.

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Prime Minister John Key has today announced an extra $15 million seized from criminals will be invested in anti-drug initiatives.