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Deadliest Ice and Speed in Australia Being Sold in Victoria

18 June, 2015

A major intelligence report has revealed that the ice and speed being sold in Victoria are the most destructive and addictive of its kind in the whole of Australia, says Keith Moor in a report for the Herald Sun.

The Australian Crime Commission’s Illicit Drug Data Report for 2013-14 says the methylamphetamines being sold in Victoria are stronger than anywhere else in Australia, with a purity level of 80 per cent, a level reached in just the past five years from 10 per cent.

The ACC report also says ice is also getting cheaper in Victoria, which is already in the middle of a very serious ice epidemic.

In the last ten years, the number of clandestine drug laboratories nationwide have risen by 95.2 per cent, further contributing to the worsening ice epidemic in Australia.

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Health Professionals With Drug Past to Undergo Routine Drug Testing

17 June, 2015

Health practitioners whose registrations have restrictions related to drug use in the past will be made to go routine drug testing, says Karen Keast in a report for HealthTimes.

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5 Workplace Drug Testing Myths

16 June, 2015

Workplace drug testing has been around for some time now, but myths continue to surround it. Some of these myths are even being peddled as fact, and some employers and employees fall for them. Here are six of the most common workplace drug testing myths.

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Price of Ice in Sydney Plunges

15 June, 2015

The ice epidemic in Australia is making a turn for the worse as the price of ice in Sydney falls, say Emma Partridge and Eamonn Duff in a report for the Brisbane Times.

According to police sources, ice is now being sold for as little as $6000 an ounce in regional areas, a major drop from the price of ice three years ago, when it was pegged at $10,000 and $14,000 an ounce. In towns like Newcastle, a single ‘point’ hit of ice now sells for as little as $40.

The drop in the price of ice is being blamed on the influx of chemical ingredients from China that are entering Australia legally. Ice is primarily made of pseudoephedrine, iodine and hypophosphorous acid.

Police also points to the rise of “backyard” labs and opportunists using internet recipes as another reason for the plunge in the price of ice.

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Survey Shows More People Buying Illicit Drugs Online

12 June, 2015

A new report reveals that an increasing number of people are now turning to the Internet to buy ecstasy, cocaine and other illicit drugs, a report by David Taylor for ABC News says.

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WA Pushing Amendments in Law vs. Synthetic Drugs

11 June, 2015

New legislation that will ban synthetic drugs is now being introduced by the Western Australian government in order to get rid of legal loopholes that allow manufacturers of these psychoactive substances to sell them without much consequence, says David Weber in a report for ABC.net.

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Price of Ice in Australia Soars

10 June, 2015

The demand for the druge so high that Australian users of the drug now pay a whole lot more compared to ice users in other countries, says Emma Wynne in a report for ABC.net.

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Urine Drug Test Basics

09 June, 2015

The urine drug test is the most common method of workplace drug testing. In the interest of providing employees a safe and healthy working environment, many employers use the method for its proven quickness and accuracy in detecting traces of drugs in one’s urine sample. Also known as a urine drug screen or UDS, a urine drug test can help employers and employees alike to avoid hazardous situations that could result in injuries and deaths.

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