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Mother's lament for her 'lost cause'

Extra $7m for treatment 'a drop in the bucket'

How to avoid buying a P lab

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

Meth lab remnants found on farm

Tennis ball drug smuggling attempt fails

Fugitive hands himself in to police

$1.5m cannabis bust

Man still on run after alleged P-lab found

Police clamp down on drugs trade

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

Kiwis arrested in India decline offer of diplomatic assistance

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

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

Millie might be spared

<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

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.

NZ pair arrested in India may face 10 years in jail

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

Attendant talks knife-wielding boy out of robbery

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.