Tag: drugs

(Partner Content) Going to rehab is a difficult decision. Ask Amy Whitehouse; she said, "No, no, no." There are social and financial implications, the fear of what others think of you, and addiction stigma.

Consignment with an estimated street value of $140-million detected in shipping container of ceramic tiles addressed to a Melbourne business.

Organised crime cops in the Northern Territory swoop on 43-year-old after they intercepted a suspicious parcel coming from China.

A large number of firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, drugs and various stolen items found during search operation.

Consignment worth $80.7-million was found hidden in thousands of canola oil bottles sent from Mexico to Melbourne.

Accused is one of four Malaysian nationals now in custody for drug-importation offences in Victoria.

Sixty-three kilograms of methamphetamine found hidden in wooden pallets containing mop buckets from Malaysia.

Police surveillance watched the man as he allegedly dug up a bag hidden in bushland. It contained a large quantity of methamphetamine.

Police warn Iranian expats, in particular, that they are being targeted to become unsuspecting couriers for overseas crime syndicates.

Analysis of our sewage samples over New Year shows Australians are high-level users of dangerous new psychoactive substances known as NPS.

Authorities uncover an ‘opportunistic attempt’ by organised crime to use a postal system insider to traffick narcotics.

Latest seizure of drugs worth an estimated $135-million and arrest of four people highlights the scale of the problem.

Police believe the cannabis seizure on the NSW Mid North Coast may be the largest in Australia since the 1970s. Fourteen arrests made.

Police say world-leading initiative enables near-instant drug testing of the public in almost any situation.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Festival goers bring their phones. So why not use them to receive tweets about high-dose drugs in circulation, as the UK is doing?

SPECIAL FEATURE: No, it’s not mostly unemployed people who dropped out of school who use drugs. So who does and what are they taking?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The fact the “War on Drugs” has failed does not mean we should give up. Pill testing will not abolish all the harms associated with drug taking, but if handled carefully, carries the likelihood of reducing them significantly.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Many of the harms associated with cannabis use are to do with its illegality. However, legalisation of cannabis is relatively recent in most jurisdictions so the long-term benefits or problems of legalisation are not yet known.

ANALYSIS & OPINION: If faced with a similar situation to the young Australian arrested this week in Columbia on suspicion of drugs trafficking, would not most people prefer that a judge or jury came to a trial unbiased by what they had read or heard about a case?

OPINION: More than a quarter of the world’s darknet methamphetamine trade is facilitated by Australian cryptomarket dealers.

Jamie Murphy “very lucky” says Kuta police cheif after tests show powder was "medicine, not drugs"

Schoolies has gone very sour for a Perth teen who is now in the custody of Indonesian police for allegedly posessing a baggy of suspicious white powder.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran shot dead for role in Bali 9 drugs trafficking, despite mercy pleas and vigils.

Drug user claimed he was possessed by a demon when he raped, assaulted and tortured a Dutch woman he held hostage in his hotel room in Melbourne for six weeks.

Nimbin’s fat number to blow smoke in NSW election.

Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will not be moved to pre-execution prison this week after all.

Convicted Australian heroin smugglers are to be relocated from their Bail prison ahead of their ordered execution by firing squad.

Australian prisoners closer to firing squad after Indonesian president rejects clemency appeal.

As Aussie music fans mourn the death of much loved Joe Cocker, they may be reminded of the time we kicked him out for drugs.

A Sydney mother could be hanged if found guilty of carrying 1.5kg of meth at Kuala Lumpur airport.

Kalynda Davis's world came crashing down when she was charged in China with possessing 36kg of crystal methamphetamine. She has made it home to Australia but her Tinder partner remains behind and could face death by firing squad if found guilty.

Australian pays as much as 21 times more than Britain for some commonly prescribed medicines.

Australia may soon legalise medicinal marijuana, with a bill on the matter due for parliamentary introduction this month. It follows Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently saying he has no problem with legalisation of medical cannabis.

An Australian judge has labelled a struggling Brit, who smuggled drugs into Australia, "stupid" - for lack of a technical term.

A Sydney neurosurgeon has been deported to Malaysia after a second incident where a drug and sex spree led to the death of a woman.

“If you need to dispose of anything you shouldn't have, we suggest you flush it now”: Jetstar flight attendant

In a candid interview this week Guy Pearce, the brains behind the hit Australian movie ‘The Rover’ and contributor to the success of UK award-winning ‘The King’s Speech’ confessed to his former dependence on marijuana.

British drug mule apprehended at Sydney airport for being in possession of bottles of MDMA faces court.

A report compiled by the United Nations drops jaws as it reveals that Commonwealth countries top the world for cocaine and ecstasy use.

Amnesty International says Australian man Pham Trung Dung, who has been sentenced to death in Vietnam, may be given an unknown cocktail of drugs.

Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews says a proposal to drug test people on the dole is off the table.

On Thursday a 29 year old British national Ben Asadollahi Zoje was arrested in Sydney when he was found in possession of 2kg’s of ecstasy hidden in his luggage.

Significant blow to drug trafficking network by British and Australian navies.

Australia has an emerging problem with the drug ice, which is being compared by authorities to the devastation caused in US cities by crack cocaine.

Schapelle Corby secretly married in jail a year ago? Since her release Schapelle Corby has not spoken to media, although reports have emerged she has tied the knot.

Prison boss Farid Junaedi said Schapelle Corby was a little nervous and wondered why there were so many people and reporters waiting for her release.

This is probably Schapelle Corby's final weekend in a Bali jail, after Indonesian authorities granted her parole request.

As pot shops open in the US state of Colorado, the HEMP Party has sparked new calls for Australia to legalise the recreational use of marijuana.

Young people celebrating Schoolies Week are being advised to take regular naps, to avoid risky behaviour including drug taking, drink driving or having unprotected sex.

Australian Federal Police are warning the public about a scam where consumers ‘win’ an all expenses paid holiday, unaware they are being used as drug mules.