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Australia finds record meth, cocaine, heroin use in wastewater analysis

Australians consumed drugs with a street value of about $7.5bn, representing a 34 percent rise in annual consumption.

Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2025

War on drugs a 'costly failure' amid record consumption

An analysis of Australia's sewers shows record consumption of meth, cocaine and heroin, triggering a call to abandon the "failing" war on drugs.

AAP · Aug 14, 2025

‘I was a shoplifter and heroin addict – now I help others like me’

LIFE STORIES: After 32 years of drugs, abuse and petty crime – as well as numerous spells in prison – Charlie pledged to turn her life around. She tells Maira Butt about finally hitting her rock bottom, and why today she is proud to serve as an inspiration to people…

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

‘Gas station heroin’: the drug sold as a dietary supplement that’s linked to overdoses and deaths

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an urgent warning about tianeptine – a substance marketed as a dietary supplement but known on the street as “gas station heroin”.

The Conversation · Jul 2, 2025

Billy Idol details near death experiences involving heroin and motorbikes

‘I’m glad I lived through it,’ musician said

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025

‘At one point, I stepped on a cow’s head’: Gulshan Khan on her best photograph

‘This is the largest landfill site in Johannesburg. African sacred ibis hover vulture-like over those who eke out a living from the waste’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

What is ‘gas station heroin’ and why are health experts sounding the alarm over it?

Health officials want you to think twice before buying brightly colored energy shots and supplements found at convenience stores

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2025

Billy Idol nearly died from heroin overdose

Billy Idol has told how he nearly died from a heroin overdose in the 1980s.

BANG Premier · Jun 11, 2025

‘We do this to survive’: Harvesting opium poppies in Myanmar’s Shan State

Poppy cultivation and methamphetamine production has surged in Myanmar amid the country’s grinding civil war.

Al Jazeera · Jun 7, 2025

Rising deaths, fake pills, gang violence: How the EU is struggling to cope with illegal drug problem

Europe’s emerging drug threats span everything from fake medicines, cocaine busts, and synthetic weed, according to a new report.

Euronews · Jun 5, 2025