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![Police clamp down on drugs trade](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police clamp down on drugs trade
Police are targeting criminals in the drugs trade as part of a clampdown on methamphetamine and drug trafficking.
![Man on run after alleged P-lab raided](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man on run after alleged P-lab raided
Police are hunting a man for breaching bail and burglary after discovering an alleged methamphetamine lab yesterday.
!['P' letter stunt defended as shock tactic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'P' letter stunt defended as shock tactic
The man behind a letter asking hundreds of recipients to try the drug P has defended the stunt, saying it was designed to shock people into action.
![P letter lands advert agency in hot water](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
P letter lands advert agency in hot water
An Auckland advertising agency has apologised for sending a letter to hundreds of people, inviting them to try the drug P.
![Pill-popper celebrities lead trend to legal drug abuse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pill-popper celebrities lead trend to legal drug abuse
Tragedies like Brittany Murphy's death suggest the celebrity habit of prescription pill-popping is spreading.
![P chemical theft could be worth $1b](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
P chemical theft could be worth $1b
One thousand litres of hypophosphorus acid, a key ingredient in P manufacturing, was stolen from a factory in January, it was revealed this week.
![<i>Kerre Woodham:</i> Kick abusers off the dole](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Kerre Woodham:</i> Kick abusers off the dole
If some beneficiaries are too dangerous to be dealt with face-to-face, their benefits should be cancelled says Kerre Woodham.
![Lisa Cropp denies criticising industry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lisa Cropp denies criticising industry
Top jockey Lisa Cropp has denied calling others in the racing industry "back- stabbing pricks", as she seeks to return from disqualification for a positive methamphetamine test.
![Man caught trying to smuggle LSD worth up to $2.5m into prison](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man caught trying to smuggle LSD worth up to $2.5m into prison
A man has been arrested trying to smuggle up to 50,000 doses of the psychedelic drug lysergic acid (LSD), worth up to $2.5m, into an Auckland prison.
![Pete Doherty arrested after leaving court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pete Doherty arrested after leaving court
Singer Pete Doherty has been arrested in court moments after being spared a jail term for admitting driving home drunk from a gig.
![Flood of drug money kept banks afloat, says UN man](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Flood of drug money kept banks afloat, says UN man
What kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis?