Drugs
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AFL off-field behaviour
Smith’s drug revelations were less of a surprise than what came next
Bailey Smith’s drug-taking isn’t model behaviour, but his actions that followed sent a positive message to his many young followers.
- by Marnie Vinall
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Crime
$1m bail for Sydney man accused of biggest heroin bust in two decades
Wade Habkouk has pleaded not guilty after being charged over the importation of 175 kilograms of heroin.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
‘Needle spiking’ attacks rise in Europe but really difficult to trace
Days after her night out, Eva Keeling still felt ill and, while getting dressed, noticed her arm was swollen.
- by Adela Suliman and Ellen Francis
Sydney man held in Fiji on steroid possession charge a year after alleged kidnapping
Sam Amine, who was allegedly kidnapped and beaten by three men in Sydney’s south last year, was arrested in Fiji last month on a charge of possessing illicit drugs.
- by Amelia McGuire
Commissioner who led ice inquiry despairs at total lack of action
Professor Dan Howard says 28 months after he handed down his recommendations, the state government has done almost nothing.
- by Mary Ward
Opinion
Drug reform
Canada’s drug experiment could work here. This is why
The ‘war on drugs’ has not reduced use, harm or the amount of drugs circulating in the community. It’s time to try a different approach.
- by Nicole Lee
Canadian province to decriminalise cocaine, opioids and ecstasy
The coroner in British Columbia reports that between five and seven people die a day in the province from overdoses and that half of those happen in a private home, often when people are alone.
Rename Mexico’s Golden Triangle for ‘good, hard-working people’: president
For decades, drug cartels have used The Golden Triangle area to grow marijuana and opium poppies because much of region is difficult to access and has little police or army presence.
Four arrested in Fairfield West after $4m of MDMA, cocaine and meth allegedly seized
The four men, aged 21 and 22, were charged after police say they found more than 20 kilograms of MDMA and other drugs at two properties in the suburb in Sydney’s west.
- by Amelia McGuire
How Mr Universe’s high-flying life ‘spiralled out of control’
Former bodybuilder Calum von Moger had a Netflix special, a life in LA and even played his hero Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Hollywood biopic. On Thursday in Melbourne, he pleaded guilty to drug charges.
- by David Estcourt
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Drugs in sport
How does the AFL’s illicit drug policy work?
Former Saints skipper Nick Riewoldt says there is too much “wiggle room” in the AFL’s drug policy. What does he mean?
- by Peter Ryan and Jon Pierik