Public health alert for nitazenes issued after person dies in Queensland
A person has died after taking a substance containing a synthetic opioid in Queensland, just weeks after the…
Drug checking services handed bitter pill as Queensland government rams through law changes
The Crisafulli government has handed a bitter pill to stalled drug checking services in Queensland by ramming law…
The powerful $400k+ a year job Queensland is struggling to fill
Last December the sunshine state’s Chief Health Officer John Gerrard vacated the post after a tenure marred by…
Brisbane pill testing clinic’s reopening delayed amid ‘safety and privacy’ concerns
A drug checking service in Brisbane has been forced to delay its planned reopening after the Queensland government…
State government won’t allow planned drug checking facility reopening, acting premier says
The Queensland government will “do whatever is necessary” to stop a Brisbane-based drug checking facility from operating. It…
Pill checking to resume in Queensland months after government axed funding
A drug checking service will reopen in Brisbane next week with philanthropic funding, as the latest statistics reveal…
Fatal drug overdoses reach 10-year high in Victoria, with people aged between 35 and 54 most at risk
More Victorians died of drug overdoses in 2024 compared to any other year in the past decade, a…