Drugs

Australia's largest specialist medical society has called for a number of illicit drugs to be decriminalised across the country.

Police have made the largest cocaine seizure in Australian history following an investigation into a transnational organised crime syndicate accused of conspiring to import more than two tonnes of the drug into Australia.

Methylamphetamine is taking a toll on the central Kimberley town of Fitzroy Crossing. It is a story playing out across Australia's top end.

The amount of money Australians are spending on medicinal cannabis continues to skyrocket, with new data showing this year's sales are on track to double those from 2023.  

The government will set up the first of 10 pill testing trials at a music festival over the New Year in a bid to prevent drug overdoses. 

Schoolies celebrations can be a first taste of independence for school-leavers and an anxious time for parents. So let's take a quick look at what a pill testing service means for school leavers on the Gold Coast.

Since 2022, the federal government has invested $26.1 million to help make naloxone, a medicine that blocks the effects of opioids, widespread. Yet some pharmacists are still choosing to not stock the medicine.

Police seized about 56kg of the psychedelic drug MDMA, the main ingredient of ecstasy pills, and nearly 30kg of methamphetamine. 

The LNP had vowed to scrap the service arranged by the previous state government, but now says it will go ahead as a contract has already been signed.

Joel Smith has been suspended for more than four years after being found guilty of five violations of the Australian Football Anti-Doping Code.

The long-awaited drug summit starts today, with the NSW government signalling it is open to a change of direction in drug policy. However, legalisation of cannabis in the state has already been ruled out.

LSD is a relatively new drug, compared to many others. And its history has been influenced by some unlikely groups.

Fentanyl is a problem in North Carolina but is thousands of kilometres from the Mexico border. Despite that, a Republican blame game on both issues is a key election strategy.

Sharmain's son is her motivation to get clean but a lack of rehab facilities means she almost spiralled into a state of psychosis after being forced to wait months to enter a program.

NSW Premier Chris Minns has apologised after several local stakeholders, including the mayor, were not told about a drug summit being held in Griffith tomorrow.

After years of campaigning, a free pill-testing service was supposed to be at Schoolies in the Gold Coast this year. Doctors and researchers are fighting the newly elected Queensland government to keep it that way.

Frustrated residents say they are finding more discarded needles around Broome, including at ovals and primary schools, prompting the state government to introduce the program.

An inquest into the death of a Shellharbour man restrained by police on Sydney's M5 has revealed critical shortcomings in CPR training for officers. The coroner has called for urgent reforms to improve police responses.

A criminal lawyer in the state's far north says clients with methamphetamine addiction on remand or bail have been left with no treatment options, amid concerns the drug's use in the region has reached dire proportions.

The person who brought the sample to CanTEST for checking was "unaware" that it contained fentanyl and surrendered it.