The $45 Million Phone Call
A Sydney man is facing commercial drug supply charges after being pulled over for using a mobile phone while driving. 26-year-old Neil Deep Roy of Hornsby was driving his Mitsubishi Outlander through Chinatown while speaking on his mobile phone. Police...
Sick Kids to Get Access to Medical Marijuana
NSW is moving forward with medical marijuana reform, commencing a trial on the cannabis-based ‘Epidolex’ drug through the Sydney Children’s Hospital. The drug will be administered to 40 kids who suffer from severe, treatment-resistant epilepsy, under the state’s exiting ‘compassionate...
Death to Drug Addicts, Says Vigilante President
Upon being sworn in as Philippines President on June 30, Rodrigo Duterte wasted no time unleashing a terrifying crusade against drug users. The “vigilante President” has urged citizens to take the law into their own hands, saying, “If you know...
Illegal Drug Use Amongst Lawyers
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim Lawyers are meant to fearlessly advance the interests of their clients, whilst respecting the law. However, a number of cases, studies and reports suggest the legal profession is plagued by illicit drug use. Last...
Sydney Grandmother Faces Execution
Mrs Nguyen Thi Huong looked anguished as the court in Ho Chi Minh City read its verdict recently. The 73-year-old Vietnamese-Australian woman has been sentenced to death for heroin trafficking. It sounds implausible … incongruous, but Vietnamese community leaders in...
Crime and Corruption in the Prison System
A guard in Western Australia’s Casuarina Prison faces a string of criminal charges for allegedly smuggling drugs and other contraband into the prison. 32-year-old Scott Craig Berridge is alleged to have smuggled drugs, mobile phones and alcohol to inmates at...
‘N-Bomb’ Linked to Deaths of Young Australians
On June 8, the body of Rye Hunt was found washed up on a beach in Marcia, just outside Rio. Tasmanian-born and bred, Rye was backpacking overseas with a mate. They’d been travelling for seven weeks and were amiable travelling...
Drug Testing of Police Officers: Police Policing Themselves
South Australian police officers will soon face the possibility of being drug and alcohol tested after ‘critical incidents’, such as when they use firearms or engage in high-speed pursuits. But there’s a catch: their police colleagues will need to suspect...
Skewed Priorities: NSW Government Spends Big on Prisons
The NSW government has vowed to install almost 3,000 new prison beds to meet the state’s growing prison population; which has increased by 12% in the past year alone to reach an all-time high of nearly 12,000. Premier Mike Baird...
Bad Batch of Heroin Kills 13 in Sydney
NSW State Coroner Michael Barnes has issued an urgent warning after 13 deaths in one month have been attributed to a tainted batch of heroin circulating around Sydney. All cases occurred between May 2 and June 3, with many of...
