An anti-drug campaigner is calling for tougher regulations to ensure Kiwis know if their house has been used a P-lab.

Police are targeting criminals in the drugs trade as part of a clampdown on methamphetamine and drug trafficking.

Police are hunting a man for breaching bail and burglary after discovering an alleged methamphetamine lab yesterday.

Only two people have been charged for driving while impaired by drugs since police started drug testing on November 1.

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.

An Auckland advertising agency has apologised for sending a letter to hundreds of people, inviting them to try the drug P.

Tragedies like Brittany Murphy's death suggest the celebrity habit of prescription pill-popping is spreading.

One thousand litres of hypophosphorus acid, a key ingredient in P manufacturing, was stolen from a factory in January, it was revealed this week.

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.

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.

Singer Pete Doherty has been arrested in court moments after being spared a jail term for admitting driving home drunk from a gig.

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