An archive of recent news articles on the topic of alcohol and drugs.
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Cut limit to 50mg says transport body
19th June 2008
Auckland's transport strategy body is supporting a police-backed campaign to cut the blood-alcohol limit for drivers.
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Tighter liquor laws on way
18th June 2008
Manurewa MP George Hawkins has succeeded in fast-tracking a bill into Parliament aimed at restricting the number of liquor outlets.
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PM's move against liquor outlets gains support
17th June 2008
LATEST: Prime Minister Helen Clark's call for tighter controls on liquor outlets is gathering support. The Alcohol Advisory Council (Alac) said today communities needed to have a say in the number and location of outlets in their areas.
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All Black's alarming puff
12th June 2008
An All Black's furtive puff on a cigarette is believed to have triggered a fire alarm that forced the evacuation of a Wellington hotel.
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Armed robbery `scary'
11th June 2008
The owner of a Nelson video store robbed by a masked gunman Monday night says she had been worried about the possibility of an armed robbery for some time.
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Robber 'shot to kill'
10th June 2008
Armed robbers who killed a Manurewa shop owner on Saturday night are probably "seasoned criminals" responsible for other hold-ups in south Auckland, police say.
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Adult smoking falls to record low
5th June 2008
The prevalence of smoking among adults has dropped to a "record low", official figures will show today. The figures, to be released by Prime Minister Helen Clark, will be a breath of fresh air to smokefree campaigners after a decade of only slight decreases in the adult smoking rate.
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Cannabis can shrink brain - study
4th June 2008
Heavy marijuana use over many years appears to shrink parts of the brain that control emotion and memory, a new Australian study shows.
Brain scans on 15 men who smoked at least five joints a day for more than a decade show for the first time that they have structural brain abnormalities not seen in non-smokers.
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Tatum O'Neal arrested on drugs charge
3rd June 2008
Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal, the former child star who chronicled her struggles with addiction in a 2004 memoir, has been arrested on suspicion of buying drugs on the streets of New York City.
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Government rejects drug testing
29th May 2008
The Government has ruled out adopting an expensive plan for drug testing in schools and workplaces. The rejection of the proposal, which would have cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and was based on models used in the United States.
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