Drugs
Cocaine find sparks drug test and late-night confrontation in council scandal
The drug find in the men’s bathroom at Moonee Valley council chambers has blown into the public arena, with claims the mayor demanded a drug test from a councillor late one night.
- by Rachael Dexter
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Crime
Andrew O’Keefe charged after overdose in Sydney’s eastern suburbs
The former TV star was allegedly found with drugs in his possession two days after being revived by paramedics.
- by Christopher Harris and Riley Walter
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Police
Postcode lottery: Where police have shunned state’s new drug laws
Data from nearly six months of NSW’s landmark pre-court diversion scheme suggests the vast majority of people are still being sent through the overburdened legal system.
- by Max Maddison
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Tragedy
Glebe deaths spark killer ‘cocaine’ warning
Four recent overdoses have sparked a warning from health authorities about drugs sold as cocaine but cut with heroin and other potentially deadly opioids.
- by Angus Thomson
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Pill Testing
Pragmatism, morality and the social science of pill testing
Critics of pill testing fear it will create a false sense of security that leads to more people taking more drugs. But the evidence says otherwise.
- by Liam Mannix
‘You all think you’re such gangsters’: Magistrate slams Bondi dial-a-dealer
The magistrate savaged the western Sydney teenager, saying “we’re sick” of dealers coming to the eastern suburbs with their encrypted phones.
- by Amber Schultz
‘Terrifying potency’: The overdose-inducing drug invading suburbia
The number of unintentional opioid overdose deaths in Australia has continued to grow, the latest data shows.
- by Amber Schultz
‘From LA to Byron to Sydney’: The trippy treat popular among Millennial mums
This rising “It” drug looks like designer chocolate, is micro-dosed among the monied set – and is illegal.
- by Jonathan Seidler
Carol was stabbed 62 times. On Friday, her son was found guilty
The Perth former nurse screamed for help during her murder as paramedics watched helplessly. She had called for her son – who’d overdosed on a cocktail of drugs.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Crime
The ‘ketamine queen’ and the dose that led to Matthew Perry’s death
Two doctors allegedly supplied the Friends star with a large amount of ketamine and even wondered in a text message how much he would be willing to pay.
- by Michael Balsamo and Andrew Dalton
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Addiction
This Perth man had an $800 a week drug habit. He thought going to his GP would help
For about six years, Dale Cranswick used drugs to get through the stress of being a chef at a busy restaurant. Then he found the answer. Or so he thought.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt