Australian Crime Commision Report on Heroin A continuing decline in opium production in South East Asia creates the potential for traffickers to look to Afghanistan as a potential source of heroin in the future. The total weight of heroin seized at the border increased nearly… Read More »Australian Crime Commision Report on Heroin
Heroin Haul Disclosures The largest heroin bust in Victoria in April 2003 has disclosed that Australia is being targeted for illicit drugs. The shipment of 150Kg of heroin, worth $165 million, was thwarted by Australian federal police. The North Korean ship that transported the heroin… Read More »Heroin Haul Disclosures
HIV Increasing In Drug Users A new study in the United Kingdom revealed that there is an increase in HIV infection among injecting drug users as well as an increase in the sharing of syringes. These results echo the findings of another study published a… Read More »HIV Increasing In Drug Users
Heroin Drought Comments The heroin drought in Australia in 2001 has caused a flurry of international comments about the reason for the drought and its effects. The comments were based on a recent study by Degenhardt and others, which looked at the heroin drought. The… Read More »Heroin Drought Comments
United nations Calls For Heroin Supression The latest report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has confirmed that the booming heroin production in Afghanistan is undermining democracy and putting money into the hands of terrorists. The report calls on the US and… Read More »United nations Calls For Heroin Supression
‘Trophy of Grace’ A Story of One Woman’s Battle With Drugs Firstly, the reason that I am writing this is to bring to you a true message of hope. My story is a none-to-familiar one. I was born to an alcoholic father, who thankfully found… Read More »‘Trophy of Grace’ A Story of One Woman’s Battle With Drugs
Opiate Maintenance Risks Between 1997 and 2001 there were 590 deaths of patients attributed to methadone use. (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, November 2003) DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMENTS- Programs that INDEFINATELY maintain illicit drug users on opiates or opiate substitutes like methadone or buprenorphine do… Read More »Opiate Maintenance Risks
Heroin Droight to End? Federal Police Commissioner Keelty has claimed that Australia’s heroin drought is not over. But for how long? Commissioner Keelty claims that Australia’s heroin seizure rate increased from 8 Kg per million population in 1995 to 30 Kg in 2000. (Source: Melbourne… Read More »Heroin Droight to End?
Heroin Drought Police Comments Australian Federal Police claim that the recent heroin drought in Australia has been replaced by an increase in imported party drugs. Organised crime gangs are supplying amphetamines into Australia because the criminals believe that what the market wants. The international criminals… Read More »Heroin Drought Police Comments
60 Minutes Story Opium 23 May 2004 STORY – RICHARD CARLETON: Most passengers on my flight to Kabul were returning emigres and refugees. But I was coming to see the green fields below, fields full of poppies. Almost every Australian knows or knows of someone… Read More »60 Minutes Story Opium 23 May 2004
