"(Photo/Supplied) Industrial hemp (iHemp) offers New Zealand a significant economic ... which is widely recognized as safe ...

Exclusive: As new justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has been forced to thousands of prisoners early, new polling reveals that ...

There’s a new-ish drug in town ... cocaine and a mix of psychoactive substances. The composition of the drug varies widely depending on the batch, but common ingredients include pink food ...

The proposed amendments focus on limiting alcohol-related harm, particularly among Dunedin's significant 18-24-year-old ...

However, we tend not to pay as much attention to several of the substances we regularly consume ... no guidelines about the amount of THC (the psychoactive component) in products nor are there ...

There's been yet another call to shake-up how Pharmac funds drugs in Aotearoa. Multiple Sclerosis New Zealand's independently commissioned report recommends the Crown entity adapts a cost benefit ...

Pakistani authorities thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of drugs to New Zealand. The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) carried out an operation in Lahore, where they intercepted a ...

Alongside drugs, the presence of organised crime has spurred money laundering, prostitution, and illegal casinos. Sometimes, ...

More teens than ever are overdosing on drugs, leading a local agency to take aim at the problem with a program specifically developed for the youth. The Family Guidance Center started a youth ...

SINGAPORE: Authorities in Singapore are turning to artificial intelligence to develop new tools to test for new synthetic drugs. This is to keep pace with the rapid rise of new psychoactive ...

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It’s time to grow up and remove iHemp from the Misuse of Drugs Act and Medicines Act - a call for progress to enable a new primary industry for Aotearoa/New Zealand. Industrial hemp (iHemp) offers New ...