Five Of The Biggest Drug Scandals Of 2016
Illegal drugs are becoming a huge bane to modern society. According to the website Drug Info nearly 15 percent of Australians are using illicit drugs.
Despite the fact that most drug users in Australia are in the age range of 21-27, there is an increase among the older age group who are using illicit drugs.
Worryingly, many teens as young as 14 years old are trying these illicit drugs out of curiosity or peer pressure.
The rise of performance enhancing drugs is also another problem that the world faces today. These unnatural performance enhancers are tainting the spirit of competition and fair-play in many sporting disciplines.
As the year ends, let us look back at the biggest illegal drug scandals of 2016.
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Companies serve alcoholic drinks at workplace events like holiday parties because they know a little buzz can make for happier employees.
Australian drug testing companies unite to call for cultural respect in drug testing Indigenous workers.
Researchers in Canada have discovered a link between certain personality traits in children and the tendency to develop an addiction later in life. They are now rolling out a program that targets these high risk traits for addiction before they can cause problems.
Sixteen people were hospitalised on the Gold Coast last weekend after taking drugs in what is called a terrible case of mass overdose. Police believe the unknown drug is a variant of MDMA called “flakka”, but there is no hard evidence yet that all of them took the same drugs. 
The Australian Federal Police working in conjunction with the Australian Border Force recently nabbed $145M worth of the drug MDMA, more commonly known as ecstasy. This bust is likely Australia’s biggest this year with the seizure of 1.2 tonnes of the said drug.
Nobody had a clue that this Australian TV personality was hiding a dark secret for several years, until one click of the wrong button revealed to the world her lifelong struggle with alcohol addiction. Four years later, she opened up about her story of addiction and recovery, and we look at what this might mean for us in the workplace. 
With marijuana being legalised left and right, it is not surprising for the public to start believing that it is indeed not only not dangerous, but perhaps even beneficial to one’s health. That, however, is the farthest thing from the truth.