The Great Southern’s need for a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility was met with enthusiasm but no promises by the Premier who told reporters last week there was a shortage of staff to run it.
Melissa Sheil
The teen — who cannot be named for legal reasons — was arrested in August after selling manufactured cannabis lollies to two 16-year-old students at his school.
Lucy Murray
Methamphetamine use, which had decreased during the COVID-19 border closures, is on the rise again in WA.
Emma Jarvis
Older Australians are turning to cannabis due to the rising prices of cigarettes, according to new WA research.
claire sadler
Guns, drugs and hundreds of thousands in cash has been seized as part of a joint police operation dismantling a Sydney-based drug syndicate allegedly worth millions and responsible for funneling meth into WA.
Caleb Runciman
A Perth boy pleaded guilty to making and selling drug-laced gummies at school, leading to an urgent police warning after two teens were hospitalised.
The scourge of meth in this State is seen in our suburbs and in WA courthouses. But a very personal story of methamphetamine addiction is the subject of a new feature film, He Ain’t Heavy.
Ben O'Shea
Authorities have charged two men after a major investigation by the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force led to the seizure of a huge haul of drugs in Perth last week.
Phil Hickey
For someone who doesn’t do drugs I have spent an awful lot of time talking about them of late.
Ben Harvey
Addiction is just one issue for the women at Australia’s toughest rehab centre, with many also victims of quite horrific domestic violence.
In Shalom House, Australia’s toughest rehab centre, you can’t cross the road to avoid someone you find intimidating because that person is sitting on the couch next to you.
‘They can’t be trusted to make their own decisions so we make them for them.’
They belonged to drug lord Pablo Escobar — and just like the notorious underworld criminal, his randy group of ‘cocaine hippos’ are causing havoc.
Troy de Ruyter
The teenager who allegedly concocted his own cannabis-laced lollies – which left two of his schoolmates in hospital – has hired the same barrister to defend him as defenced Claremont killer Bradley Edwards.
Tim Clarke
New details about a Perth mother’s foiled attempt to smuggle drugs into a US prison for the jailhouse lover she met online have been revealed.
Lauren Price
A young Perth mum caught up in a cross-country drug smuggling operation involving ex-AFL star Sam Fisher has been given a non-custodial penalty.
Rebecca Le May
A former BGC lawyer awaiting sentencing over a haul of child exploitation material has been fined over charges related to possession of meth.
Caitlyn Rintoul
WA building firm BGC’s top lawyer has been charged with a string of offences — including meth possession and child abuse.
Residents of a west Kimberley town want more treatment services to help the growing number of people on the banned drinkers register who are resorting to consuming hand sanitiser to feed their addiction.
Sarah Crawford
A deadly synthetic drug up to 500 times more potent than heroin has arrived in WA – with some users ending up in the intensive care units of WA hospitals.
Australia has an opportunity to learn from the North American and European experience of severe harms related to synthetic opioids.
WA’s thirst for deadly drugs such as heroin and cocaine reached record levels late last year — a bombshell new report shows.
A study by WA researchers has found alcohol advertisements during sports have consequences for people with risky drinking behaviours.
Claire Sadler
Alarm bells should be going off at the allegation that organised criminals are using Perth’s construction industry to clean their dirty proceeds of crime.
John Flint
