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Tobacco mules at Melbourne Airport were detected by Australian Border Force as part of Operation SILVER CHALICE. Source: Australian Border Force

Major crackdown on illicit tobacco trade

A crackdown on the smuggling and sale of illicit tobacco, which is costing the taxpayers $3bn, is set to be launched.

Synthetic drug ‘kush’ ravages Sierra Leone’s young

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‘Zombies’: New drug ravishes country’s youth

A nation is struggling as a new drug leaves its young users living as “zombies” with no-one to care for them.

Kieran Ngo, 26. Kieran died hours after attending Transmission Festival at the Sydney Showground on Saturday.

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Banker’s drug binge before festival overdose

A friend who was with a Sydney banker the night he passed away has detailed the events that led up to the 26-year-old’s death.

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Inside festival where man died of ‘overdose’

Conditions at a Sydney festival where a young banker is believed to have overdosed have been exposed by a patron, sparking calls for change.

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The man allegedly took the capsules from inside a Kinder surprise and used them to try and smuggle cocaine into Australia.

Cocaine allegedly smuggled in Kinder eggs

A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to bring cocaine into Australia by using a popular children’s chocolate to store them internally.

The mysterious new substance is similar to ketamine and comes in a white powder.

‘Weird’: Mystery new drug hits Australia

An unknown drug has been detected for the first time in Australia, with fears it could be more dangerous than what’s already on the black market.

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Sad reality of dark web drug trade

A new report from the Australian National University has found a concerning reality about the sale of lethal opioids on the dark web.

Cash seized by AFP. Picture: AFP

$135m ice bust: Sydney man charged

A Sydney man has been charged with drug trafficking offences after 180kg of ice was discovered in fridges sent from Malaysia.

Revellers arrive at Festival X in Olympic Park this afternoon with Calvin Harris headlining the dance festival. A heavy police and security presence is on-hand outside and inside the venue as people show their tickets and ID to get in.

How new law saved taxpayers 300,000

A new report has found the NSW Government saved more than $300,000 in six months by taking a different approach to drug possession.

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Jazza has immortalised Anna Wood in his new video for The Ripple Effect

20,000 drug capsules turns Anna Wood into art

An Australian artist who created a portrait of overdose victim Anna Wood using 20,000 empty pill casings has been flooded with personal stories from young people who have lost friends, siblings and parents to drugs.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. ### STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL NOVEMBER 24, 2019.. ###. Video still from the Jazza video, Ripple Effect. YouTube star Jazza. Jazza is a full time YouTube star, television presenter and an internationally published author with a passion for entertaining. His YouTube channel Draw With Jazza is the largest Art Youtube channel in the world. He also has a second channel called Daily Jazza. He is 30 years old, born in Gippsland Victoria and has a wife and two children. Suppled

Drug education video your kids need to watch

GRAPHIC WARNING — Explicit language and simulated drug-taking: Just exactly what happens to a young person both mentally and physically when they take drugs? This is The Ripple Effect: Part One — a confronting video series that answers those questions through the eyes of young Australians. WATCH NOW.

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SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS SPECIAL. THE RIPPLE EFFECT. PLEASE CONTACT LILLIAN SALEH OR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Alex Ross-King, who died of a suspected drug overdose at the FOMO music festival in Parramatta on Saturday, January 12, 2018. PLEASE CHECK WITH LILLIAN RE THE USE OF MACKENZIE'S SURNAME. Alex Ross-King & her boyfriend Mackenzie Leecroft.

Ex’s tragic letter to lost girlfriend

The high school sweethearts had just broken up when Alex made a fatal decision. The devastating impact is still being felt almost a year on.

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Police talk to a man with handcuffs on outside Festival X, The Dome, Homebush, Sydney. 30th November, 2019. Picture by Damian Shaw

Pill testing should be no more controversial than condoms

Drug policy debates have a habit of becoming less about public health and more about personal morality. When it comes to preventing drug-related deaths at music festivals, it’s time to put your prejudices aside and get realistic, writes Jarryd Bartle

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Police with sniffer dogs search people after they enter through the main entrance at the Listen Out Music Festival, Centennial Park, Sydney. 5th October 2019. Picture by Damian Shaw

Pill test debate: Don’t heed the siren song of drug liberalisers

Evidence has piled up for years of the harms of illicit drugs, from pill deaths at dance festivals to longitudinal studies establishing the risks of marijuana-induced psychosis, especially in adolescent brains, writes Miranda Devine.

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