Tyler Hamilton rode for Lance Armstrong during three of the seven Tour de France victories the Texan won while doping.

Customs is intercepting more mail containing cocaine, LSD and Ecstasy as people use online drug marketplaces to order recreational drugs.

A baby in the UK who died in the care of her parents had traces of cocaine, strong opiate pain killers and an anti-depressant in her stomach.

Two teacher aides caught passing drugs at an Auckland primary school have resigned today.

An Auckland primary school has suspended two teacher aides after they were snapped exchanging cannabis in the staff room.

More than $200,000 of cannabis has been kept off the street after police's annual drug raid.

Jakarta's Governor has reportedly said President Joko Widodo is considering different views on the death penalty, including his own advice that it should be removed from Indonesia's laws.

Australia's Foreign Minister is disappointed the latest appeal to save the lives two men on drugs charges in Indonesia has failed.

It's "very likely" Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will be moved from their Bali jail cells for execution this week, Bali's chief prosecutor says.

Nearly a quarter of new cases of psychosis are linked to high-potency "skunk like" cannabis, new research shows.

Australian officials will be advised of Indonesia's procedures for executing Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran at a meeting in Jakarta tomorrow.

The mastermind behind the Bali Nine drug trafficking plot is reportedly living large after winning the lottery as two Australians face execution.

A man allegedly trying to sell drugs to tourists abandoned his 11-month-old toddler in a pram on a Northland street when he fled from police.

Sydney police believe revellers at a dance festival where a teenager died of an overdose had been playing a dangerous drug game.

Indonesian authorities are waiting for a Nigerian drug boss and others to receive word their clemency bids have been rejected before scheduling their executions and that of two Australians.

Supporters are preparing a candelight vigil in Sydney as hopes fade the Bali Nine duo will escape an Indonesian firing squad.

A man in Queensland has died and another is critically ill after suspected poisoning from a batch of synthetic cannabis.

Kiwi facing years in Thai jail on drugs charges left home under new name after alleged credit card fraud against 10 people.

A "one-off" drug deal at a Wanaka preschool has resulted in two teachers having their registrations torn up.

His songs are full of references to drinking and drugs and now Ed Sheeran has claimed he "fell in love with a beanbag" when he tried ecstasy.

Six men have been charged after police seized almost three tonnes of narcotics worth more than A$1.5 billion ($1.62 billion) in Australia's second largest drug bust.

Lady Gaga has credited Sir Elton John with saving her when she was struggling with drink and drugs.

Two brothers who own $5 million worth of property were "flying under the radar" before a drugs raid on their home in an upmarket Auckland suburb.

A Kiwi who was busted with a half-smoked joint and served months in a Bali jail has learned some hard lessons, her lawyer says.

So fans of the actor's witty puns, intellectual musings and calls to humanitarian arms will be disappointed to learn that he's decided to temporarily quit the network.

A new UK government study on harsh punishments for recreational drug use underlines how wrong-headed NZ parliamentarians were, writes Brian Rudman.

New Zealand's horse racing industry is ramping up its $50,000-a-year random drug testing of jockeys.

A champion New Zealand boxer has been sentenced to more than two years' imprisonment for manufacturing methamphetamine.