Drugs and Substance Abuse

• 'Ice epidemic' coverage creating unnecessary fear, expert says

  ABC Adelaide

  By Brett Williamson

  Posted February 15, 2017 14:39:46

  "There is no ice epidemic, that is absolutely clear." Dr Nicole Lee challenges the media's coverage of the drug's usage in Australia.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-education, drug-use, drug-offences, mental-health, human-interest, adelaide-5000

• SA ice taskforce to tackle drug 'literally tearing families and communities apart'

  By Claire Campbell

  Posted February 14, 2017 15:08:09

  Tougher laws, more drug-driving tests and greater search powers for police are all options on the table as South Australia sets up a taskforce to urgently tackle growing use of the drug ice.

  Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, drug-offences, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, sa

• Victoria rejects call for forced drug treatment for vulnerable children

  By the National Reporting Team's Dan Oakes and Sam Clark

  Posted February 14, 2017 12:34:17 | Updated February 14, 2017 13:43:47

  The Victorian Government rejected a report it commissioned which recommended the introduction of compulsory mental health and drug treatment for vulnerable children in the strife-torn child protection and youth justice systems.

  Topics: youth, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, vic, melbourne-3000

• 'Not one cent': Promised funding for ice addicts not forthcoming

  7.30

  By Nadia Daly

  Posted February 10, 2017 18:27:56 | Updated February 11, 2017 01:21:13

  Mark burned through much of a $600,000 insurance payout to fund an ice habit — now his rehab centre is in danger of folding over a lack of promised government funding.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, darwin-0800

• Hong Kong national faces court over biggest ice haul in WA history

  By Joanna Menagh

  Posted February 06, 2017 20:19:42 | Updated February 06, 2017 20:45:07

  A Hong Kong man was smuggled into Western Australia on a boat from China to look after hundreds of kilograms of methylamphetamine and more than $1 million in cash, Perth District Court hears.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, perth-6000, wa, hong-kong

• Study hopes to help WA hemp industry blossom (photos)

  By Laura Gartry

  Posted February 05, 2017 10:22:14 | Updated February 06, 2017 08:49:41

  West Australian researchers are developing a genetic breeding program to make hemp a more viable and lucrative option for producers.

  Topics: agricultural-crops, drugs-and-substance-abuse, nannup-6275

• 'Nowhere near enough' youth workers for Victoria's teen crime problem

  By James Hancock

  Posted February 03, 2017 06:20:32 | Updated February 03, 2017 11:35:00

  Victoria's high youth reoffending rate should be tackled by providing back-up for "overwhelmed" outreach workers, according to sector advocates.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, youth, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic

• Kalgoorlie elder calls for leadership in addressing drinking and violence

  ABC Goldfields

  By Sam Tomlin, Jarrod Lucas and John Wibberley

  Posted February 02, 2017 18:32:34

  A Kalgoorlie-Boulder Aboriginal elder hits out at what he suggests is a politically correct, patronising approach to dealing with an upswing in alcohol-fuelled violence in the city.

  Topics: aboriginal, drugs-and-substance-abuse, alcohol, law-crime-and-justice, kalgoorlie-6430

• Dramatic moment police bust suspected meth lab

  By Riley Stuart

  Posted February 02, 2017 06:36:04 | Updated February 02, 2017 09:05:56

  Police break down the door and storm a suspected drug lab in Sydney's west, as the fight against Australia's ice epidemic escalates, and cameras are there to capture it all for new a ABC documentary series — Ice Wars.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, police-sieges, police, law-crime-and-justice, crime, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000

• Duterte's drug war could be crime against humanity: Amnesty

  Posted February 01, 2017 08:09:07 | Updated February 01, 2017 08:26:00

  A wave of drug-related killings in the Philippines appears to be "systematic, planned and organised" by authorities and could constitute crimes against humanity, according to an Amnesty International report.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, police, philippines, asia

• 'Kingpin' of Canberra jail syndicate keeps New Year's resolution to kick drugs

  By Georgia Hitch

  Posted January 31, 2017 12:40:37

  A man who plotted to import drugs while he was a prisoner in Canberra's jail escapes more time behind bars after "proving the judge wrong" and addressing his substance abuse.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, courts-and-trials, drugs-and-substance-abuse, canberra-2600, act

• Drug-driving charges climb in Canberra as drink-driving falls

  By Elise Scott

  Posted January 31, 2017 06:34:48

  Police nab 12 times more Canberrans for drug-driving than four years ago, but the number of drunk-drivers moves in the opposite direction.

  Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia

• NT vows to introduce new bikie laws after spike in violence

  7.30

  By James Oaten

  Posted January 30, 2017 18:25:59 | Updated January 30, 2017 22:10:44

  The Northern Territory Government promises to introduce legislation this year to help police in their efforts to crack down on outlaw motorcycle gangs, after a spike in criminal behaviour.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, state-parliament, alp, states-and-territories, law-crime-and-justice, antisocial-behaviour, crime, drug-offences, crime-prevention, nt, darwin-0800

• More calls for pill testing after festival death

  ABC Ballarat

  By Charlotte King

  Posted January 30, 2017 13:25:32

  The death of a 22-year-old at the Rainbow Serpent music festival in regional Victoria reignites calls for drug reform in the state.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-education, drug-use, drug-offences, police

• Duterte's drug crackdown faces court challenge

  Posted January 26, 2017 21:47:51

  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

• Homeless man jailed for murdering partner while on 'ice bender'

  By court reporter Rebecca Opie

  Posted January 25, 2017 17:19:32

  A man who beat his partner to death with a metal pole and left her body in a car park storeroom is sentenced to at least 20 years in jail.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, domestic-violence, drugs-and-substance-abuse, sa, adelaide-5000

• Sewage checks show rise in meth use in Adelaide

  By Sarah Scopelianos, Claire Campbell and Caroline Winter

  Posted January 25, 2017 08:09:06 | Updated January 25, 2017 12:44:18

  Methamphetamine use continues to rise across Adelaide, with sewage analysis showing a 25 per cent jump in the past year and a tripling over five years.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, university-of-south-australia-5000, sa

• Girl, 5, dies from suspected methadone overdose

  By Philippa McDonald

  Posted January 24, 2017 14:59:46 | Updated January 25, 2017 07:28:50

  Police 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

• NRL player Kyle Lovett faces drug charges

  Posted January 21, 2017 18:18:40

  The NRL future of Wests Tigers forward Kyle Lovett is in limbo after being charged with drug offences.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, drugs-and-substance-abuse, sydney-2000, nsw, australia

• Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty in US court (photos)

  Posted January 21, 2017 09:13:34 | Updated January 21, 2017 18:23:48

  Drug 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

• Kalgoorlie Mayor calls out supermarket giants over drunken violence

  ABC Goldfields

  By Jarrod Lucas and John Wibberley

  Posted January 20, 2017 18:14:21

  Mayor John Bowler says Liquorland and BWS outlets in Kalgoorlie CBD are serving alcohol to itinerants responsible for street violence.

  Topics: alcohol, drugs-and-substance-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, kalgoorlie-6430

• Education process not to blame for drug infringements: NRL

  By Jennifer Browning

  Posted January 20, 2017 13:02:41

  The NRL says its education process is not to blame for the latest controversy to hit the game.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, doping-in-sports, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, australia

• Six more arrested over $60m cocaine bust last month

  Posted January 18, 2017 12:51:38 | Updated January 18, 2017 17:15:13

  Police arrest six more men in Melbourne and Queensland in connection to a major cocaine seizure in international waters off Tasmania last month.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, police, crime, melbourne-3000, hobart-7000, tas, qld

• Cannabis found image

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  ABC News

  Posted January 17, 2017 12:52:00

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, beachport-5280

• Drugs found in Australia Post parcels lead to SA police investigation

  ABC South East SA

  By Kate Hill and Sarah Maunder

  Posted January 17, 2017 12:52:00

  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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