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.
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.
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
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.
A leading criminal solicitor is urging people to consider the far-reaching effects of popping a few pills at a music festival. If you’re lucky enough not to die, you could wind up with a criminal conviction that destroys your life anyway.
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As the summer music festival season kicks off today, promoters tell The Ripple Effect they are doing everything they can to keep festivalgoers safe — bar from actually being able to stop them taking MDMA and other party drugs.
As a former paramedic Aaron Harper has seen first-hand the problem drugs cause in Townsville. He explains the wave of different dangers to drug fads over the decades.
A major dance festival’s rebrand in the wake of a 2015 ecstasy death has angered drug victims’ parents who claim the X symbol is “insensitive”.
A new GPS tracking app has been created to help reunite friends separated at music festivals or parties, It’s also fitted with an alert button to directly call emergency services or friends when assistance is required.
After repeated visits to the Falls Festival to supervise his various children, Mike Radburn says he is worried about drugs at the event.
Eighteen young Australians, all in the prime of their lives, all went to Australian music festivals to have a great time. All didn’t come home. The ripples of anguish of these young lives lost will be felt forever by those who loved them.
A horror year which left three fighting for life after a suspected drug overdose at a Townsville music festival highlights the need to be more vigilant, a senior detective has said.
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