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A survivor of a police raid that killed four other drug suspects asks the Supreme Court to stop such operations and help him obtain police records to prove his innocence in a test case against the President's bloody crackdown.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-offences, drug-use, laws, rights, philippines, korea-republic-of
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A New South Wales man is sentenced to more than 16 years' jail in WA for driving more than 10 kilograms of drugs, including MDMA, ice and cocaine, across Australia, hidden inside dismantled car transmissions.
Topics: drug-offences, perth-6000, nyngan-2825, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedPolice are investigate the death of a young western Sydney girl from a suspected overdose of methadone — the substance used to treat heroin addicts.
Topics: crime, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-use, drug-offences, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, quakers-hill-2763
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| UpdatedIn the heart of Manhattan sits one of the most secure federal lockups in the US and the new home of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman — but is it secure enough to contain the prison-escape artist?
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, drug-offences, united-states
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| UpdatedDrug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman appears in a US court after his surprise extradition from Mexico and pleads not guilty to charges that he ran the world's largest drug-trafficking organisation.
Topics: drug-offences, drugs-and-substance-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, united-states, mexico
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| UpdatedNotorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is extradited from a prison in northern Mexico to the United States, the Mexican government says.
Topics: crime, drug-offences, international-law, mexico, united-states
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Police believe they have smashed a major drug ring supplying the drug ice in Moree.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, police, ashley-2400, moree-2400
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| UpdatedA man who left police "shocked and disgusted" is jailed for six months after stealing credit cards from the dying victim of a car crash in southern Queensland.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, prisons-and-punishment, police, drug-use, drug-offences, crime, hervey-bay-4655, qld
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| UpdatedFour people die when gunmen with suspected drug gang links attacked the state prosecutor's office in the Mexican resort city of Cancun, a day after a shooting at a music festival in a nearby town.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, mexico
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A routine car search by Limestone Coast police has led to an investigation into whether south-east drug users are using Australia Post as a courier service to send and receive illegal drugs.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-offences, police, law-crime-and-justice, beachport-5280, millicent-5280
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| UpdatedThree people die in Melbourne after more than 20 people are hospitalised due to suspected overdoses of the drug MDMA at the weekend, a court hears.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, south-yarra-3141
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| UpdatedA man is charged with a slew of offences after allegedly trying to smuggle ice and tobacco into the Goulburn jail during a visit to an inmate on Sunday.
Topics: drug-offences, prisons-and-punishment, goulburn-2580, nsw, canberra-2600, act
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Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, education, drug-education, health, drug-use, law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, terranora-2486
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Drug addicts speak about their rehabilitation success at Victory House.
Topics: community-and-society, drugs-and-substance-abuse, education, drug-education, health, drug-use, law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, rehabilitation, terranora-2486, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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Victory House, home to 14 drug addicts, is a hilltop mansion with sweeping ocean views that has seen success treating drug addicts in an intensive rehabilitation program.
Topics: rehabilitation, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, education, drug-education, health, drug-use, law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, terranora-2486, tweed-heads-2485, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedTen Chinese nationals accused of importing a record haul of cocaine on a ship escorted by authorities into Hobart last month all enter not guilty pleas.
Topics: drug-offences, courts-and-trials, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedA Tasmanian man accused of having a "crucial" facilitating role linked to Australia's largest ever cocaine bust is refused bail in Sydney.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000, hobart-7000
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A West Australian man is sentenced to 12 months in jail for dealing methylamphetamine while working as an Australian Federal Police officer in the coastal town of Exmouth.
Topics: police, drug-offences, courts-and-trials, exmouth-6707, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedMedicinal cannabis advocates are pleading for compassion and urging Australian authorities to legalise the drug to help ease the pain and suffering of those who desperately need it.
Topics: drug-education, community-and-society, health, drug-use, drug-offences, diseases-and-disorders, qld
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| UpdatedPolice seize hundreds of kilograms of pure pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in manufacturing ice, and charge five men with drug importation after a bust in Melbourne.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedAn Adelaide woman who gives away cannabis oil products to the sick and terminally ill for free has been reported for drug offences after police raided her home, her lawyer says.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-use, health, hillier-5116, adelaide-5000, wollongong-2500, sa