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‘Tidal wave’ of date rape drug reaching NSW shores
Imports of the drug, a few milligrams of which can be fatal, have soared despite a police crackdown.
- Amber Schultz
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Adrian Torrens had been threatening to kill his ex: Hours later, he would instead kill a complete stranger
Many who live on the Central Coast say one simple, affordable thing could have protected Audrey Griffin.
- Jordan Baker and Riley Walter
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Frontline police officers barred from carrying life-saving drug naloxone
At least two Australians die of an opioid-related overdose every day, but Victorian police have been told they are not allowed to carry a free, life-saving antidote.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
Man charged after 140kg of cocaine ‘found in boat engines’
The 35-year-old appeared in court on Tuesday accused of importing drug bricks into Queensland from the United States.
- Laine Clark
‘How many more people need to be killed?’ Simmering tensions on the streets of Footscray
Two police officers shot a rough sleeper dead on the eve of Easter on a busy Footscray street. Was the tragedy unavoidable?
- Melissa Cunningham
Michael bought what he thought was cocaine. Two hours later, four people were dead
A coroner has found the four friends died of an overdose of nitazines, synthetic opioids 100 times stronger than heroin.
- Erin Pearson
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One Sydney factory’s answer to foreign interference, narco-subs and people smugglers
Designed to work as a “wolf pack”, groups of the semi-autonomous systems can create permanent surveillance of coastlines over thousands of kilometres.
- Sally Rawsthorne
Pill testers say people will die as Qld service forced to close
The group behind two south-east pill-testing sites said they picked up extremely potent synthetic opioids three times since November – including last Friday.
- Courtney Kruk
Police should back off drug users, says report
The final report from NSW Labor’s Drug Summit was published on Thursday.
- Frances Howe
Half a pill was enough to kill Jetson. Now this drug is infiltrating supply
The teenage apprentice placed an online order for a pill he hoped would help him relax and get to sleep. He never woke up.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
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