Government regulators have agreed to shut down Hamilton's six "legal high" synthetic drug shops.

Australia's teenagers are increasingly becoming trapped in a culture of booze, drugs and gambling.

More tabs of LSD and its deadly synthetic counterpart `N-Bomb' have been seized by police in one month this year than in all of 2012.

Four men had to be restrained at a party in Christchurch after taking a new and dangerous drug with the nickname N-Bomb.

Four people appeared in court today facing charges related to a P lab that was discovered in a central Wellington apartment early today.

Armed police stumbled onto a P lab in an upmarket Wellington apartment while executing a search warrant just metres from their district headquarters this morning.

An Indonesian official has said Schapelle Corby tried to kill herself when he informed her that the government might send her back to prison.

Indonesia's justice minister says he may revoke Schapelle Corby's parole after watching an Australian documentary about her release from jail.

Australian Federal Police have defended their raid on Seven Network offices and say they found enough to continue investigating plans.

Lorraine Cohen knows about drugs. She knows about trying to get clean, then getting dragged back in again.

Philip Seymour Hoffman's recent death from a suspected heroin overdose unleashed the usual media coverage of deaths related to this drug.

Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby could be a free woman later this afternoon.

My addiction was a long time ago—more years than I care to remember —in the 1970s. It’s a time I’ve put behind me but it’s still not easy to talk about, writes Darien Fenton.

Heroin and opiates have claimed the lives of more than 400 New Zealanders in recent years. One person dies from a fatal overdose every fortnight, on average.

"Bionic man is not far away". That's the assessment of World Anti-Doping Agency director-general David Howman as his organisation.

Syria has witnessed a large rise in the use and manufacture of amphetamines as fighters on both sides of its civil war use the drugs for stamina in battle.

An Auckland grandmother opened her suitcase four years after her last overseas trip to discover $50,000 worth of amphetamine stashed in a side pocket.

A 72-year-old American man appeared in an Auckland court today for allegedly importing millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine into New Zealand.

As legalisation of marijuana spreads, Chinese companies have the patents ready to exploit new markets.

Another major government information technology project is experiencing rising costs and delays and is yet to deliver on promised intelligence technology.

A Facebook page which alerts members to police checkpoints is encouraging drunk drivers to take their chances with all of our lives, police say.

Scotland Yard looking at laying drugs charges against chef and whether to go after suppliers.

Bradley Cooper has admitted his addictions "hindered" his work.

Susan Sarandon has admitted smoking marijuana before major award shows.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has denied allegations in newly released court documents that he offered $5,000 and a car to suspected drug dealers in exchange for a video that appears to show him smoking crack.

Revelations about Nigella Lawson's drug use have not deterred New Zealand's most trusted company from reflecting fondly on its association with her this year.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may have offered $5,000 and a car to suspected drug dealers in exchange for a video that appears to show him smoking crack, court documents show.