Drug control groups want a tightening of laws relating to synthetic cannabis products.

A former drug addict who was convicted of smuggling ecstasy into New Zealand has opened a $560-a-day clinic in one of Auckland's swankiest suburbs.

Two prisoners' mothers and a girlfriend are facing criminal charges, after trying to smuggle drugs.

The Weekend Herald delves into the underworld of car theft and discovers a thriving multimillion dollar industry.

Police say increasing numbers of girls as young as 12 are working as prostitutes in Auckland's city centre.

Ominous signs point to the fact that heroin and cocaine may be making a comeback in Australia.

Police have frozen a $1m home and nearly $190,000 belonging to the man who runs the Switched On Gardener.

One of NZ's top fly fishermen was stopped from boarding a plane to the World Championships because police thought he was a drug dealer.

A jury fins a 35-year-old man guilty of raping a 13-year-old in west Auckland and forcing her to smoke cannabis.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the number of drivers found with drugs in their bloodstream show the law is working as intended.

More than 30 killed as government steps up hunt for former ally Christopher Coke.

Young Taiwanese honeymooners are being used to carry drug parcels into NZ, says a local tour operator.

Five of the tour group, and their tour leader, reached the arrivals hall but the sixth was subjected to a search that Customs said led to the discovery of $6m of pure meth.

New research suggests cannabis use is dumbing down young people.