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![New alert over drug to quit smoking](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New alert over drug to quit smoking
Researchers have issued a new caution over the use of Champix quit-smoking tablets.
![Kronic ads on youth radio under fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kronic ads on youth radio under fire
Station owner defends decision as within the law, but minister says it 'stinks'.
![The silent battle: Mum fights to ensure a future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The silent battle: Mum fights to ensure a future
Abuse, neglect, disability care: words no one wants to see together. In 2006 a flurry of stories about appalling care sparked a Government inquiry. Despite steps to fix the problem, it's happening again.
![Parents of Down children taking Govt to top court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Parents of Down children taking Govt to top court
Antenatal testing devalues children's lives and aims to cut Down births, battlers say.
![Teen death: Kronic's role probed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teen death: Kronic's role probed
An investigation is under way into what role synthetic cannabis may have played in a fatal car crash.
![Kronic use to be curtailed: Govt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kronic use to be curtailed: Govt
A planned crackdown on "cannabinoid" substances will severely curtail the use of controversial synthetic cannabis product Kronic, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says.
![Kronic craze spurs specialist dealer to open in central city](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kronic craze spurs specialist dealer to open in central city
Even long-time owner of Hemp Store concerned by availability.
![Quakes continue to hit Christchurch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Quakes continue to hit Christchurch
Sizable aftershocks are continuing to shake Christchurch today, as the Prime Minister says authorities need time to sort out what parts of the city will be abandoned due to quake damage.
![Spate of deaths hits mill town](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Spate of deaths hits mill town
13 youths from Kawerau have died suddenly in just 18 months, with "no rhyme or reason."
![Nurse's affair with patient's husband](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Nurse's affair with patient's husband
The patient, a mum of two, had a severe stroke which left her virtually unable to talk.
![Scientists in dark on Kronic's ill effects](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Scientists in dark on Kronic's ill effects
A top Govt scientist says there is an "appalling" lack of information about synthetic cannabis products.
![Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit
An anguished father wants substances such as Kronic synthetic cannabis banned.