Experts are warning NSW is underprepared for a spike in overdose deaths after a potent synthetic opioid that is 300 times stronger than heroin was recently detected through pill testing. The ACT’s pill testing service CanTEST issued a Red Alert after the detection of Nitazenes last week. The synthetic opioidsContinue Reading
Concerns have been raised a “bad batch” of drugs are circulating in Victoria following a suspected mass overdose at a Melbourne rave. Nine people were hospitalised after suffering suspected drug overdoses at the Hardmission Festival at Flemington Racecourse on January 6, with eight placed in induced comas. Most of theContinue Reading
Deaths from drug overdoses have risen to a decade-high in Victoria, according to alarming new figures that advocates say are a “wake-up call” for policy makers. A new report from the Coroners Court of Victoria revealed there were 4887 overdose deaths in the state between 2013 and 2022, and 549Continue Reading
Deaths from drug overdoses have risen to a decade-high in Victoria, according to alarming new figures that advocates say are a “wake-up call” for policy makers. A new report from the Coroners Court of Victoria revealed there were 4887 overdose deaths in the state between 2013 and 2022, and 549Continue Reading
Disturbing video of an emaciated young woman covered in sores on the streets of Philadelphia has been described as a heartbreaking view of the “American tragedy”. The homeless addict, Sandi, spoke to AML Films in the city’s notorious Kensington neighbourhood, an open-air drug market that has become ground zero inContinue Reading
A family member has been arrested over the murder of an elderly couple who were allegedly poisoned a year apart. South Australia Police confirmed on Tuesday that a 62-year-old woman from the Adelaide suburb of Craigmore will be charged with two counts of murder. SA Police will allege Adelaide couple,Continue Reading
Mobile ‘injecting buses’ have reportedly been tabled as an alternative to permanent rooms in Melbourne as the state government scrambles to tackle the city’s drug overdose problem. Plans for a permanent injection room at 244 Flinders Street in the CBD – bought by the state government in 2021 for $40.3mContinue Reading