My legs feel like overcooked noodles as I wobble my way down the stairs of a North Shore gym following my first workout.

Powerful new-generation, performance-enhancing drugs are flowing into the country largely unchecked, a Herald investigation has found.

Powerful new-generation, performance-enhancing drugs are flowing into the country largely unchecked, a Herald investigation has found. Substances such as growth hormone peptides - the use of which is reportedly rife in Australian sport - can be bought online for as little as $30 and received within days. An investigation into the issue by Drug Free Sport NZ, High Performance Sport NZ and Sport NZ is about to report to Sport Minister Murray McCully that there is no evidence this country has a drug problem similar to that unearthed by the Australian Crime Commission in February.

A Kiwi hedge-fund manager who admitted serious drugs charges escaped conviction so he wouldn't lose his $365,000-a-year job.

The summer drought has considerably reduced the size and quality of the annual cannabis crop, say police.

Not one cent of the millions of dollars worth of assets seized from criminals has been funnelled into drug treatment or resources to fight organised crime as promised when the enabling law came into force.

A Dunedin father says he was tossed around his house "like paper" by his son trying to go cold turkey from the synthetic cannabis product, K2.

A criminal lawyer has written to the Health Minister asking him to ban synthetic cannabis products immediately, saying they are just as dangerous as methamphetamine.

The Snoop Lion 420 Festival which was planned at the star's Hollywood Hills mansion to mark 'cannabis day' has been shut down by police.

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.

More than 100 people entered a Tauranga store to buy the controversial synthetic cannabis Kryptonite yesterday morning.

Two teenagers say a new legal high they smoked contained ecstasy - and left them vomiting with no control over their muscles or bodily functions.

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.