Television presenter Phillip Schofield has admitted he was "bad at taking drugs" and once took a pair of German prostitutes for lunch instead of watching the Berlin Wall being brought down.

Police and specialists are warning of the rising use of stolen vehicles as mobile meth labs - which are sometimes returned to unsuspecting owners after being contaminated.

Culturally important substances such as kava could be captured by a law change which aims to stamp out harmful synthetic drugs, MPs have told Parliament.

A 3-month-old baby was the youngest of 17 children found by police living in unsafe drug houses during the annual cannabis blitz.

The Associate Health Minister is urging retailers to stop selling synthetic drugs causing harm across the country.

A hidden camera caught more than 3500 cars or people visiting the fortified home of a major methamphetamine supplier who lived across the road from a school.

All Black coaching staff were shocked by the "inappropriate" antics of some heavy-drinking players while they were on tour.

A New Zealander who injected a friend with heroin at a drug-fuelled Sydney stag night has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Robert Moore stopped smoking synthetic cannabis a year ago, but is still recovering from its effects and does not know when he will be "right" again.

A former Whangarei businessman on trial for drug dealing said he hid his addiction to methamphetamine from his family and friends out of embarrassment.

An increasing obsession with appearance and body shape has led to a spike in the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in gymnasiums.

A judge has compared Blair Matthew Colligan's provision of LSD and ecstasy to members of his drugs ring to an employer providing his staff with tea and biscuits.

The New Zealand Rugby League have become interested bystanders to the Australian Crime Commission's investigation into drugs in sport as they try to plan the Kiwis' World Cup defence.

The NRL says it is not yet in a position to notify what are believed to be six clubs that have been under investigation as part of the explosive probe into Australian sport.

Capri clinic in Auckland runs the country's only one-month intensive rehab programme, according to drug and alcohol counsellor Roger Brooking.

Increased efforts by the Government and law enforcement to tackle the country's methamphetamine problem have failed to dent the drug trade, according to a classified police report.

Organised crime is infiltrating Australian sport, cashing in on massive potential profits through drugs, match-fixing and betting, a year-long investigation has revealed.

A New Zealand woman described as a pharmacological nightmare will be deported from Australia after running over and killing two teenage boys while high on prescription medication.