Drugs
Analysis
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
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‘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
Dalkeith student arrested over alleged sale of cannabis lollies
Two high school students from a western suburbs school were hospitalised after eating the gummies WA Police believe were laced with marijuana.
- by Sarah Brookes and Rebecca Peppiatt
NZ food bank unknowingly distributes lollies with ‘lethal’ levels of meth
The amount of methamphetamine in each “revolting” lolly was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take, with a street value of $915.
- by Charlotte Graham McLay
From Point Piper to prison: The double life of an eastern suburbs executive
Michael Snounou once rubbed shoulders with Australia’s most affluent people from his lavish harbourside home. It came crashing down in scenes akin to TV drama Breaking Bad.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
When Ollie took a pill, he didn’t realise it would be a ‘never-ending trip’
From medical trials to magic mushrooms, psychedelics are back in the spotlight. But for those with the little-known condition HPPD, the side effects never end.
- by Tim Elliott