One in 5 under-30s have been offered P 2010-09-04

About 20 per cent of young adults have been offered P and 5 per cent have tried it, according to a new survey on the drug.Campaigners say the results show the problem is far more widespread than previously thought.A UMR Research...

Police bust Northland meth lab 2010-09-03

Northland police have raided and shut down an operating methamphetamine lab in Whangarei.Around 30 police, including the Armed Offenders Squad, executed a search warrant at a Kamo Road address around 2:30pm and discovered the...

Four year jail term for recidivist drink driver 2010-09-03

Matthew Kennedy will be 7 when the man who killed his mother becomes eligible for parole.He had just turned 5, on March 17, when his uncle Chris gave him the devastating news.Katherine Kennedy, 46, known by friends and family...

Banks in firing line for policy on alcohol 2010-09-03

Super City mayoral contender John Banks is facing heat over his liquor policy on top of revelations that his son Alex was among those who "egged on"a schoolmate who died after binge-drinking.Last week, Mr Banks flip-flopped over...

Repeat drink-driver jailed over fatal crash 2010-09-02

A recidivist drink driver was today jailed for four years for killing a Northland mother while driving with nearly double the legal alcohol limit.Warren John Jenkins, 49, of Orewa, north of Auckland, admitted driving with excess...

TUMEKE! | P price rise brilliant Police work or a new economic indicator for inflation? 2010-09-04

Police busts push up price of PPolice and customs seizures are driving up the price of P because criminals now face a greater risk of getting caught, says a drug expert.An annual drug survey made public today shows the price of a gram of methamphetamine, or P, rose from $610 in 2006 to $738 last year.The Illicit Drug Monitoring System report found the price - commonly regarded as the best measure of police success ag

TUMEKE! | "MTV founded on a binge-drinking culture???" 2010-09-04

Ummmm what? MTV is founded on a binge-drinking culture? Shouldn't that be of concern that such a statement would come out of the mouth of the NZ MTV 'star'?"With this job there are no boundaries or age restrictions. It helps if you're 18, New Zealand and MTV are founded on a binge-drinking culture. We are a social company and a social team, you will be socialising five or six nights a week."One would imagine at a tim

Public Address | Up Front: No Smoke 2010-09-02

It was the new Sherlock that first made me think about it. It was pretty clear that a modernised Holmes wasn't going to be using cocaine, and okay the nicotine patches replaced the pipe quite nicely, but what about the total lack of Peruvian Speed Bump? It became another typical Kitchen Conversation in our house: what happened to Holmes's cocaine use, and what should have?...

David Farrar | 13/15 2010-09-01

Some quite amusing questions in this week’s quiz. 45 seconds. I think their question 4 may have the wrong answer though. I am not aware of any tobacco major reforms proposed last week, but there were some alcohol ones. Tags: Dominion Post, NZ Politics

David Farrar | Blair on Brown 2010-09-01

Oh these are good. The Telegraph reports: The former prime minister's memoir discloses that a "maddening"� Mr Brown effectively blackmailed him while he was in No 10. He suspects the then chancellor of orchestrating the investigation into the cash-for-honours scandal. The pressure on Mr Blair to step aside became so great that he admits he may have become reliant on alcohol as he faced coup attempts from