Drugs

A drugs and social crisis afflicting Northland is deepening, a Northland iwi leader warns.

Police are urging people to ditch their drugs after three people accidentally overdosed in Wairarapa.

A Wellington drug supplier has been stripped of almost $340,000 in assets, including a boat, a $50,000 watch, and art work by Ralph Hotere, police say.

Fiji has been struggling to deal with drug use and supply in its country.

Fiji police say 18 people were arrested on drugs charges in the first five days of the year.

Officers have found more than 3000 cannabis plants in a series of raids on organised crime targets in Auckland.

Three New Zealanders die from accidental drug overdoses every week, with the number continuing to rise, new research shows.

The health minister says he has sought advice on nitrous oxide, to see whether more needs to be done to address its recreational use.

A settlement sought by the manufacturers of OxyContin opioids has been rejected by the US Supreme Court, removing a potential legal shelter for members of the Sackler family.

Rampant use of kush, a psychoactive blend of addictive substances, has led Sierra Leone's president to declare a national emergency.

HPPD can be triggered by the use of psychedelic drugs and has been described as the "trip that never ends".

A Canadian man has been caught with nearly 26kg of methamphetamine in the lining of his suitcases, as he arrived at Auckland Airport, the Customs says.

More Americans than ever are dying from fentanyl overdoses as the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic crashes through every community, in every corner of the country.

Police say they have seized cash, methamphetamine, cars, and guns in a crackdown on organised crime in Wellington, Porirua and Palmerston North.

Earlier this year, researchers raised eyebrows when Australia's traditionally conservative medicines regulator approved the use of psychedelics to assist therapy sessions.