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

There are two words for Yanina Wickmayer on the subject of drug-testing: Marion and Jones.

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.

If some beneficiaries are too dangerous to be dealt with face-to-face, their benefits should be cancelled says Kerre Woodham.

The Kiwi couple were allegedly carrying almost 100 grams of cannabis when arrested.

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.