He blew the whistle on the AFL drugs scandal. Here is what Melbourne’s ex-club doctor wants to change

He blew the whistle on the AFL drugs scandal. Here is what Melbourne’s ex-club doctor wants to change

Zeeshan Arain says he documented a disturbingly high prevalence of illicit drug use among players at the Melbourne Football Club and wanted to expose a cultural problem,not blow up the league’s drugs policy.

  • byChip Le Grand

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Drugs aren’t just for tradies and ravers. Middle-aged,middle-class women do them too

Drugs aren’t just for tradies and ravers. Middle-aged,middle-class women do them too

All drugs can destroy lives,finances,relationships. But in the spirit of openness,let’s not lie. They’re fun,and therein lies the rub.

  • byKate Halfpenny
‘I’ve never seen that’:Swans deny any knowledge of AFL drugs cover-up

‘I’ve never seen that’:Swans deny any knowledge of AFL drugs cover-up

Coach John Longmire and chief executive Tom Harley – both former AFL players – have been quick to distance themselves from explosive claims made by federal MP Andrew Wilkie.

  • byMalcolm Conn
‘I have two,she has one’:Moment Sydney Swans players were caught with cocaine

‘I have two,she has one’:Moment Sydney Swans players were caught with cocaine

It was a late Saturday afternoon when Alexia Hamilton and Paige Sheppard left the Clovelly Hotel to find a silver Toyota. They have apologised for what happened next.

  • byClare Sibthorpe,Marnie Vinall,Jonathan Drennan andSally Rawsthorne
When cocaine is washing up on your beaches,supply isn’t the only problem

When cocaine is washing up on your beaches,supply isn’t the only problem

Drug users can’t shirk responsibility. If a social media influencer posts pics of themselves using cocaine,they are participating in a supply chain dripping in blood.

  • byMichael Barnes
Dozens of children strip-searched by police over summer

Dozens of children strip-searched by police over summer

NSW Police strip-searched children,including 12 and 13-year-olds,in the four months after the Minns government promised to review the practice,an FOI request has revealed.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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Sydney’s cocaine addiction is costing non-users dearly

Sydney’s cocaine addiction is costing non-users dearly

Australia’s highest house prices and highest cocaine use do not make a great combination.

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Affluent Sydneysiders driving state’s booming cocaine trade:crime chief

Affluent Sydneysiders driving state’s booming cocaine trade:crime chief

NSW Crime Commissioner Michael Barnes has taken aim at the upper middle class who he says are glamorising illicit drug use.

  • byMax Maddison
Our cocaine sewers tell a story of affluence not effluence

Our cocaine sewers tell a story of affluence not effluence

Australians live amid two distinct and irreconcilable cost of living crises. Our affection for cocaine draws a line between the two.

  • byMalcolm Knox
WA’s COVID era-style police borders have stopped just 5 grams of cannabis
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WA’s COVID era-style police borders have stopped just 5 grams of cannabis

In the eight months since border search powers were made available to police,they have been used just seven times.

  • byHamish Hastie
Melbourne remains nation’s heroin capital,snapshot of illicit drug use shows

Melbourne remains nation’s heroin capital,snapshot of illicit drug use shows

Victorians account for almost half of Australia’s yearly consumption of the deadly and highly addictive drug,while NSW accounted for almost half of the cocaine consumed across the country.

  • byMelissa Cunningham