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Drugs
Anger, frustration and revolt: Inside the final day of NSW’s drug summit
As the drug summit unfolded, it became dominated by the one topic the government wanted off the table: decriminalisation.
- by Michael McGowan and Angus Thomson
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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
More than 80 per cent of serious young offenders are addicted to ‘ice’
“I have watched a 12-year-old girl directly inject meth into her arm,” the Department of Youth Justice director-general said.
- by Tony Moore
Waiting for a crisis: Fears as NSW enters festival season without drug reform
NSW Police have confirmed drug detection dogs will be used at festivals as part of a “high-visibility police operation”.
- by Amber Schultz
The wild, green shrub in Afghanistan that is dividing drug experts
Researchers were left scratching their heads this week after a UN report raised the alarm about the surging manufacture of crystal meth in Afghanistan.
- by Lucy Cormack
Queenslanders can’t break the ice, wastewater report finds
The use of illicit drugs has fallen across the state, with one exception – methylamphetamine, the latest wastewater data shows.
- by Stuart Layt
After a lockdown delivering the vaccine, drug services wait for inquiry response
A return to normality is a return to the same problems with drug and alcohol services in the state, as services ask how long the state government can sit on the ice inquiry.
- by Mary Ward
Confronted over his addiction, my brother exploded in rage
As Nick Kilner’s big brother spiralled deeper into drug abuse in a regional town, the tragic path would teach the younger sibling how to live.
- by Nick Kilner
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Drug reform
Premier Perrottet, this could be your first act of political courage
The NSW government commissioned a special inquiry into the drug ‘ice’ but has all but ignored its findings for 20 months. The new Premier now has an opportunity to lead on this critical issue.
- by Dan Howard
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NSW ice inquiry
‘Even more urgent’: Inaction on ice inquiry costing lives as treatment demand spikes
Australia’s peak medical groups have warned that the NSW government’s failure to respond to the state’s ice inquiry will have catastrophic consequences.
- by Lucy Carroll
About 20 children taken into state care every week due to ice
The disturbing impacts of the drug ice on Queensland families have been laid bare.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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