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Tina Turner: Farewell to an Icon

GALLERY: Simply the Best … Music icon Tina Turner has died at the age of 83. Here’s a look back at one of rock’s most famous voices in pictures.

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$86m MDMA haul found as cops bust international ring

Three men have faced court following one of the biggest MDMA busts in Australian history with more than one tonne of the party drug seized. It is estimated the shipment would have made more than three million pills.

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Wedding DJ charged with having 1000 pills in undies

Almost 2000 MDMA capsules have allegedly been found on party goers at a music festival in Sydney’s west. One man alone, a teen wedding DJ, is charged with carrying 1005 in his underwear and pants.

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Drug amnesty bins to debut on NYE in Sydney

A New Year’s Eve music festival held in Sydney will be the first in NSW to feature drug “amnesty bins” with attendees assured they will able to use the bins without the fear of being arrested or monitored.

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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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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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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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Premier ‘closes door’ on festival pill testing

The NSW government has responded to the deputy coroner’s inquiry findings into music festival drug deaths by committing to introducing penalty-free drug bins, but firmly “closed the door” on pill testing.

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Ice Queen’s hot sauce bust leads to $1m cash, drugs haul

Even detectives from the NSW Organised Crime Squad who arrived at Aleksija Vracar’s western Sydney home to question her over an alleged plot to import drugs were shocked by what they found inside.

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Peppa Pig drug bust nets 9kg of MDMA

A bag emblazoned with popular children’s cartoon character Peppa Pig was full of drugs as police arrested six men, including a bikie, as part of a major drugs operation that also netted more than $200,000 in cash.

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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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‘So drugged-up they’d pick up pills out of vomit’

Police Minister David Elliott has backed a push to introduce “amnesty bins” at music festivals, revealing his work with St John Ambulance at dance parties had exposed him to the rampant drugs culture.

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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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Podcast: How to talk to your parents about drugs

It’s not something most young people are comfortable talking to their parents about – drugs and taking drugs. Leading psychologist Dianna Kenny shares her tips on how to start that conversation. LISTEN NOW

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