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In April 2024, heroin, ketamine, and fentanyl consumption was higher in cities than in regional areas, according to the wastewater report.

The NSW Drug Summit held its second day in Lismore today, as part of a series of meetings in regional areas.

Former SA Liberal leader David Spiers has been charged with drug offences, after posting a social media video saying police raided his home.

New data shows more than 600 people have used pill testing services in Queensland since a fixed site opened in March.

It comes after recent wastewater monitoring showed national cocaine use has reached record high levels.

The Minns Government announced the 2024 NSW Drug Summit will be held across four days in October in regional and metropolitan NSW.

Police allege he was behind a failed plot to smuggle about 900kg of cocaine into Australia through cargo ships. This had resulted in bricks of cocaine washing up on NSW beaches.

Australians are using more cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA compared to last year, but are drinking less alcohol overall, according to new analysis of sewage for drugs.

There is a push to breath test politicians in Parliament House after two recent incidents involving parliamentarians and alcohol.

A pill testing site in Canberra has discovered three never-before-seen substances in recreational drugs in Australia.

Calls for pill testing are growing after nine people were taken to hospital for suspected overdoses at a Hardmission festival in Melbourne last Saturday night.

Drug deaths at music festivals were significantly higher in the 2010s than the 2000, a new study has found.

The latest sewage drug testing report from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission shows Australians using more ketamine and less MDMA.

NSW Police could soon be able to fine people caught with small amounts of drugs, instead of issuing criminal charges.