Benedict Collins

Benedict Collins is a political journalist working for 1News in the press gallery in Wellington. From his first days as a reporter he’s had a strong interest in covering anything to do with illicit drugs and enforcement. In Mad on Meth he looks at the evolution of methamphetamine in Aotearoa – going from a legal weight-loss drug to a notorious illegal drug controlled by some of the most dangerous people in society. And looks back at the meth-testing scandal that had the government and homeowners wasting hundreds of millions of dollars.