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![Former lawyer pays high price for P habit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Former lawyer pays high price for P habit
He was a high-flying, successful inner-city lawyer - until he destroyed his privileged life with methamphetamine abuse.
![Pain of P for Keisha](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pain of P for Keisha
Keisha Castle-Hughes is producing a film about a subject painfully close to her heart - NZ's 'epidemic' of P abuse.
![Gang leaders paid by trust to help addicts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gang leaders paid by trust to help addicts
Two Mongrel Mob leaders are being paid by the taxpayers to try to turn the country's gangs away from drugs and crime.
![Unusual bedfellows fight against P](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Unusual bedfellows fight against P
Second-generation Mongrel Mobster Layton Te Nahu is off the drug P and back with his family, thanks to a remarkable New Zealand story that involves the Prime Minister, the Salvation Army and a retired surgeon.
![Less crime, more solved, say police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Less crime, more solved, say police
There was less crime and more of it was solved in the year ended June 30, police say.
![Book review: The Story Sisters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Book review: The Story Sisters
Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.
![NZ organised crime 'more than drugs and guns'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ organised crime 'more than drugs and guns'
Organised crime is more than just guns and drugs with environmental and cyber crime also proving a lucrative business, OFCANZ says.
![Bali Nine pair plea for clemency](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bali Nine pair plea for clemency
Two Bali Nine ringleaders have begged an Indonesian court for a second chance at life.
![Newspaper accepts: drug cartels in control](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Newspaper accepts: drug cartels in control
It's a sad day for journalism when a newspaper is pressured into stopping its reports on crime.
![Cop raid terrifies pair](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cop raid terrifies pair
Police smashed their way into a Masterton house this week and held a couple at gunpoint - only to discover the man they were after moved out months ago.
![Court suppresses details of sportsman who died after P use](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Court suppresses details of sportsman who died after P use
A sportsman who died after using methamphetamine and cannabis during a training session has had his identity concealed by the courts.
![For sale - fake urine to beat drug tests](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
For sale - fake urine to beat drug tests
Some shops are selling fake urine and detox kits to help people beat workplace drugs tests.
![Christchurch quake: Police stumble on P lab](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch quake: Police stumble on P lab
Police doing post-quake patrols today came across a man mixing up chemicals to make methamphetamine.