People who sell, offer to sell, or possess to sell nitrous oxide for recreational use are liable to penalties on conviction ...

Medsafe is now advising when nitrous products -- or nangs -- are sold for the purpose of inducing a psychoactive effect, it now falls under the Psychoactive Substances Act. No products containing ...

New Medsafe advice says nitrous products -- or nangs -- sold for recreational use, now fall under the Psychoactive Substances Act, meaning potential fines or jail time. Health Minister Dr Shane Reti, ...

Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says urgent action is being taken to restrict the sale of nitrous oxide and welcomes new advice from Medsafe ...

The Customs ESR Screening Laboratory (CESL) is responsible for screening and identifying suspected drug samples and other ...

He says police services there are dealing not just with methamphetamine but with a lethal combination of the synthetic opioid ...

In a sample of people who regularly use ecstasy and other illicit stimulants, 54% reported using pharmaceutical stimulants ...

"It's time to stop funding criminal organisations by letting them control New Zealand's drug market ... be rescinded and ...

A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially ...

Police and Customs staff in New Zealand worked alongside Australian authorities as part of Taskforce Vitreus, a working group focused on drugs and their harm to communities. Under the banner of ...

The book provides a framework that allows readers to understand this large number of new drugs, using classifications based on primary psychoactive effect. Within this framework, the book provides ...

The Sports Tribunal of New Zealand has issued a one-month sanction to softball athlete Mikayla Werahiko following a positive test for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive component ...