An archive of recent news articles on the topic of alcohol and drugs.
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Kiwis star vows to put drunken shame behind him
24th January 2008
Tame Tupou has vowed to put his drunken shame behind him and play his way back into Kiwis contention. Last week it emerged that the Kiwis winger had been sent home from last year's European tour in the build-up to the one-off test against France.
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Drug addict afraid for children
22nd January 2008
Isabel Rogers started smoking marijuana at the age of 11. Twenty-eight years on, she wants to stop - but says her efforts to get help have been frustrated so far.
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Drug agents sue NBC over American Gangster
17th January 2008
Three former Drug Enforcement Administration agents filed a $US55 million defamation lawsuit against the movie studio that made American Gangster, claiming it tarnished hundreds of reputations.
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Australian tourist rues drunken fracas on NZ holiday
15th January 2008
An Australian tourist has been left rueing a drunken domestic fracas in Queenstown that soured his two-week New Zealand holiday and cost him about $1880.
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E-cigarette trial seeks smokers
10th January 2008
AN electronic cigarette that gives smokers their nicotine hit without the other harmful ingredients in tobacco smoke might help them beat their addiction, scientists say.
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Speed and booze fuel holiday toll
3rd January 2008
The holiday road toll has risen to 17 following the death of a Japanese tourist seriously injured in a crash yesterday. The man died overnight, after the crash at Mt Cook National Park, police said.
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Alcohol may get baby-health warnings
20th December 2007
Alcohol bottles could be slapped with new labels warning pregnant women to steer clear under a new proposal floated by the trans-Tasman food regulator.
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Stabbed dead for $30 and some cannabis
18th December 2007
"Was my son's life really worth $30 and some cannabis to smoke?Tracy Jacobs remembered her calm and loving son, Steven Michael Stone, 21, at the sentencing hearing for his murderer in the High Court at Wellington yesterday.
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IOC strips Marion Jones' of Sydney medals
13th December 2007
The International Olympic Committee has stripped US sprinter Marion Jones of her five Sydney 2000 Olympics medals after she admitted in court in October to taking banned substances.
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Lab boss to tell all on top level doping
11th December 2007
BREAKING NEWS: The head of the former Balco laboratory Victor Conte has promised to tell World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound the names of Olympic athletes he believed were involved in doping.
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