Govt will leave the response to seven drug deaths to police, PM Bill English says.

Auckland's homeless speak of the of Auckland's new synthetic cannabis scourge.

Kiwi synthetic cannabis epidemic kills seven people in just one month.

Police have seized methamphetamine worth $130,000 and $80,000 in cash.

Police Minister Paula Bennett visited Tauranga this week.

Nelson police found 1.2kg of meth when they stopped a car in Murchison.

Woman left with serious facial injuries after explosion when she lit cigarette in her car.

Associate Health Minister challenged on the focus on abuse of illegal drugs.

Testing must not be used as a de facto law enforcement and punitive measure, Dunne says.

Heartland New Zealand is being hit hard by the methamphetamine scourge.

Sentencing for four caught smuggling liquid meth in wine bottles.

Car was crammed with so much candy-shaped meth suspects had trouble closing the trunk.

Redevelopment and methamphetamine were two key reasons for evictions from state houses.

US toddler recovering in hospital after stranger put P in his mouth.

Along Mexico's heroin highway, there's a booming drug business and horrific bloodshed.

COMMENT: New Zealanders are starting to think the current approach does not work.

COMMENT: Tipping debate a distraction from serious issues such as P abuse.

Schapelle Corby is on her way back to Australia.

Suspected meth manufacturing operation uncovered in Waikato.

Kiwi rugby league sinks to yet another low as fans wait for the truth on drug allegations.

Karen Oates has been through hell as the mum of a P addict. Now she's helping others.

A grieving mother has shared the last photo taken with her son as a warning to others.

Five areas in the North Island are "hot-spots" where a P lab is more likely to be found.

Tiaan Herewini died from suspected huffing a day before his 14th birthday.

Head Hunter William 'Bird' Hines and two associates have been given long jail sentences.

Nathan Rakuraku started smoking cannabis at 7, meth at 15. Now clean, he shares his story.

David Herkt tells of his experiences with heroin and what he's learned.

It's increasingly making headlines but where does the 'zombie drug' come from?

NZ citizen arrested after police found cannabis worth $378,500 in a house in Ireland

Teachers are being kicked, punched and stabbed by children of P-addicted mothers.