Drugs
Drug overdose education for teens
A coroner is recommending drug education is bolstered in schools after a young girl died after mixing prescription drugs and......
International Drug Users Day
International Drug Users Day was founded in 1995 as a day for drug user activists to campaign for the rights......
Overdose awareness day seeks to highlight means of prevention
The Salvation Army and the National Council on Drugs, have warned politicians and the public not to become complacent about......
Dare to be a dope in Beijing?
Drugs at the Olympics are nothing new, and nor is talk of EPO. EPO is a performance enhancer used by......
Khat It Out
In an age of increasing community concerns about social drug use, a Victorian mother of five is speaking out against......
Medical director of Sydney’s safe injecting centre resigns in disgust
When former NSW Premier Bob Carr opened a supervised injecting room in Sydney’s King Cross seven years ago, it was......
Are drugs the new alcohol?
Alcohol abuse can result in motor accidents, violence and severe health and social issues. But has the media hype on......
Alcoholics Anonymous take their meetings to the public stage
Alcoholics Anonymous are marking Drug Action Week by holding an open, public meeting of AA in Queensland. Whilst anyone can......
APY abuse – shocking, but not news
The Aboriginal lands in the north of South Australia , the Anangu-Pitjijjanjara or APY lands , made headlines across the......
2020 Summit – drug policy reform
Earlier this week, on The Wire, we heard from Dr Wendell Rosevear speaking about the barriers to safe sex in......