Police get more calls over drug
Police get more calls over drug
Alexandra police are fielding a big increase in calls from people concerned about the use of synthetic cannabis products and the availability of the product in the district.
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Dairy owners take stand against 'aggressive' suppliers
Dairy owners take stand against 'aggressive' suppliers
Some Dunedin dairy owners are making nearly $1000 a day in profits from selling synthetic cannabis, and will continue to do so until legislative change takes effect in August, police say.
Scepticism as K2 withdrawn from sale
Scepticism as K2 withdrawn from sale
K2 will be voluntarily withdrawn from sale - at a cost of millions of dollars to the manufacturer of the synthetic cannabis product - but the announcement has been greeted with scepticism.
Protesters target legal highs
Protesters target legal highs
Staff at a synthetic cannabis store in Auckland cowered behind a counter as 100 people gathered outside to protest the sale of legal highs today.
Legal high picket continues
Legal high picket continues
A former synthetic cannabis smoker turned picketing protester is campaigning to rid Mosgiel shops of the legal high.
Synthetic cannabis 'low-risk' - lobbyist
Synthetic cannabis 'low-risk' - lobbyist
A legal high lobbyist says synthetic cannabis is a low-risk psychoactive substance that has not caused any deaths and is statistically safer than alcohol.
Mayors back call to boycott legal high shops
Mayors back call to boycott legal high shops
Otago's mayors are fully behind Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull's call to boycott businesses that sell synthetic cannabis.
Weapon possession, assault charges
Weapon possession, assault charges
A man who smoked synthetic cannabis was arrested after allegedly punching his partner and threatening her with a hammer and a wrench.
Seventh Dunedin dairy robbed for K2
Seventh Dunedin dairy robbed for K2
Another aggravated robbery of a Dunedin dairy this week has prompted police to warn shopowners about the dangers of selling synthetic cannabis products.
Synthetic cannabis, cash stolen
Synthetic cannabis, cash stolen
Anyone offered discounted synthetic cannabis is urged to contact police, following an armed robbery of a Dunedin dairy early yesterday.
Jailed K2 user wants to rid NZ of drugs
Jailed K2 user wants to rid NZ of drugs
A user of synthetic cannabis jailed for burglaries and other offences to feed his habit now wants to help get rid of the drugs in Oamaru and New Zealand, a pledge made in a letter read to the Oamaru District Court yesterday said.
Burglary paid for K2: police
Burglary paid for K2: police
A group of teenagers bought packets of the synthetic cannabis product K2 with some of the proceeds of a burglary of a North Dunedin home, police say.
Challenge dairies selling highs
Challenge dairies selling highs
Dunedin South MP Clare Curran wants people to challenge dairies over selling synthetic cannabis.
Warning on synthetic cannabis use
Warning on synthetic cannabis use
An increase in cases of long-term users of synthetic cannabis experiencing psychiatric effects and suicidal tendencies has prompted a warning from the Dunedin-based National Poisons Centre.
Alarm at synthetic cannabis-self-harm link
Alarm at synthetic cannabis-self-harm link
The possible health risks of long-term use of synthetic cannabis have begun to emerge - with the risk of suicide and self-harm in users alarming health professionals.
March a protest over 'legal highs'
March a protest over 'legal highs'
The crusading Oamaru mother behind the town's second anti-synthetic cannabis protest march says public support for an end to the sale of so-called legal highs is growing.
Mother upset saleswoman sold son synthetic cannabis
Mother upset saleswoman sold son synthetic cannabis
A Mosgiel woman is angry after synthetic cannabis was sold to her 16-year-old son yesterday.
Police concern over Dunedin dairy offering K2 'on tick'
Police concern over Dunedin dairy offering K2 'on tick'
At least one Dunedin dairy is allowing K2 users to buy the legal high product "on tick", despite synthetic cannabis continuing to be a driver of crime in the South, police say.
Chilling K2 drug warning
Chilling K2 drug warning
A Dunedin teen is warning others against the dangers of the synthetic cannabis product K2, which she blames for a manic episode in which she battered and bruised her own face.
'It shouldn't be legal' - police called to K2 party
'It shouldn't be legal' - police called to K2 party
Ambulance officers called for urgent police backup in Dunedin on Saturday when they were confronted by two incoherent and aggressive men high on the synthetic cannabis product K2.