An emotional Mercedes Corby says she had to feed, medicate and bathe her sister during her time behind bars in Bali.

Australians have heard Schapelle Corby's first words since she was released from jail, after they were captured on camera as she exited a Bali prison.

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.

The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has its critics, but its army of anonymous, unpaid volunteers can't be accused of letting the grass grow under their feet.

A 3-week-old baby and a 1-year-old were taken by Child Youth and Family after their father was found high on glue while looking after them, police say.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Waihi methamphetamine cook sentenced to a 17-year prison term has had $1.6 million worth of his ill-gotten assets forfeited to the Crown.

A drug-smuggling American billionaire nabbed at Auckland Airport with cannabis in his luggage and more aboard his luxury vessel has died at his home in the US.

The model for dealing with the problem has not reduced demand or supply, so we should go way of some US states, writes Alexander Gillespie.

Drug-detecting dogs are running through the hallways, reception areas and carparks of Parnell's The Mirage apartments.

More than $2 million of methamphetamine and cash has been seized and five people arrested after a joint operation between Wellington police and NZ Customs.

A Nigerian football player accused of being a cocaine smuggling boss says money wired to him through Western Union were for football transfers.

Lithuanian national Rokas Karpavicius has been found guilty of importing an LSD-laden Harry Potter book into New Zealand and money laundering

Tougher sentences are on the way for criminals who cook up methamphetamine in homes where children are present.