Heroin


Tasmanian Election Update now with Added Cyborgs!

Free the herons!

Drug use by animals is increasing

As suggested by anecdotal evidence

Injectable heroin ‘more effective’ than oral methadone

Why can’t we provide an effective treatment to help heroin addicts and the victims of their crimes? Injectable heroin has proved more effective than oral methadone for getting highly dependent users off heroin.

Stoned wallabies, not aliens, damaging poppy crops

The mystery of crop circles in and around Tasmania’s legal opium poppy fields may have been solved. It’s not aliens, but junkie wallabies hopping around in dazed circles.

The war on drugs is lost. Someone tell the UN

Overnight the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched its annual report on illicit drugs. Greg Barns is shocked by its content.

Germany approves heroin assisted treatment — should we?

Dr Alex Wodak reports on the implications of Germany’s recent decision to allow heroin assisted treatment.

It is late on Christmas Eve, Malcolm sleeps soundly until…

Hmm? What is it?