Drink blinds teen on holiday
A teenager has reportedly been blinded after drinking a methanol-laced cocktail in Bali.
A teenager has reportedly been blinded after drinking a methanol-laced cocktail in Bali.
New Zealand's "king" of legal cannabis faces trafficking charges in Australia after allegedly being found with a "commercial quantity" of drugs.
A house sale was halted during a packed auction after a forensic consultant announced the property was contaminated by P making.
Drug policy has to start from a base of logic, writes Kevin Tamati. "Peter Dunne has reasoned that it's the health consequences that provide a rationale."
A man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia tried to kill his brother-in-law days after being released from a mental health unit at Auckland Hospital.
A tip-off by a suspicious Bunnings employee led to the discovery of a Rotorua drug manufacturing operation, a court has heard.
Prime Minister and Tourism Minster John Key won't be drawn into the debate over legalising cannabis to aid tourism, using Northland as a trial area.
Five men with links to Auckland sport and the underworld have been convicted of trying to buy a huge stash of P in Tonga. But it never existed.
South Pacific islands are being targeted by crime syndicates as bases from which to smuggle drugs and guns to New Zealand and Australia.
A group of Latin American leaders yesterday declared that votes by two American states to legalise cannabis have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling.
The grieving parents of Josh Tunnicliffe, who died last Sunday aged 27, have battled for a decade to fight their son's huffing addiction.
A drug mule caught smuggling 4kg of methamphetamine into London was working for an organised crime syndicate in New Zealand, police in Britain say.
Ensuring drug sniffer dogs continue to detect illegal drugs in schools is essential in dealing with young people's addiction and keeping them in education, a leading Northland youth counsellor says.
Police have released the name of a man whose body was found next to gas canisters in Dunedin's Botanic Gardens yesterday, but are yet to establish whether he is the latest victim of "huffing".
A new court designed to tackle the underlying causes of crime will save lives and money, say judges.
A routine traffic stop at Umawera, in the Far North, led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab at Whangape, police say.
A Northland headmaster has written to John Key about his concerns over banning drug sniffer dogs from schools, saying it is "short-sighted nonsense".
A former Mana Party candidate and Green Party member has appeared in the Rotorua District Court charged with assaulting a woman and possession of cannabis.