Drinking less alcohol, reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes and avoiding traffic pollution are the most important factors in cutting your chances of dementia, a study has found.
Xantha Leatham
Nothing much changes in human affairs, except for the details — 2024 still feels like the best and worst of times.
Andrew Miller
Criminal gangs based on the west coast of the United States have emerged as one of the latest threats to Australia’s disturbing and ever growing addiction to the deadly drug ‘ice’.
Phil Hickey
One of a dozen people charged over Australia’s biggest ever drug bust has become the fourth person to plead guilty as part of the ongoing WA Police-led investigation into a record seizure of cocaine.
Mary Jane, bud, pot, green, cabbage, ganja, 420. No matter what they call it, do teenagers really need a full-blown TAFE course to be shown how to grow weed?
Arylene Westlake-Jennings
West Australians living in regional towns are among the biggest users of meth in the nation, an alarming new report reveals.
A son has admitted to killing his mother in a horrific stabbing attack that left her with dozens of stab wounds — but denies it was murder because he was high on a psychotropic drug at the time.
Tim Clarke
Three years after the Cannabis WA Party shocked the State by winning two seats in the Legislative Council, its two MPs will again shake up politics.
Joe Spagnolo
Police have barred 15 people from purchasing alcohol across a WA region since laws strengthening the banned drinkers register were introduced in December.
Jessica Moroney
A rehabilitation provider is calling for investment into a detox centre in the Mid West after the State Government announced it would fund a new alcohol and drug detox facility in the Kimberley.
The senator has admitted to drinking before a parliamentary hearing after she was accused of slurring her words.
Duncan Evans
A WA man who spent 12 years behind bars for a brutal murder he was later acquitted of has been hit with a raft of charges, this time for allegedly possessing illicit drugs.
Rebecca Le May and Lauren Price
Glen Clem Miller had been binging on methamphetamine for days when his paranoia turned to deadly violence against his friend of 20 years, Greenwood father-of-three Ralph Nutter.
Rebecca Le May
Yoke Cheng Chin was part of a Chinese and Malaysian crime syndicate behind one of WA’s biggest ice hauls - importing a staggering 182kg worth an estimated $91 million via boat to the Mid West.
If a single image could show the depth of the alcohol crisis in WA’s north west, this is it.
Alcoholics barred from buying grog in the Kimberley have resorted to drinking hand sanitiser, with one 28-year-old Balgo woman saying it was her only option.
Cain Andrews
It has been roughly six weeks since the Australian Government’s new regulations on vaping came to pass, and it has become abundantly clear that we are in for a long fight.
Pam Bubrzycki
They’re illegal, so why is it that e-cigarettes are still so ubiquitous?
The State Government has held firm with its tough-on-drugs stance around pill testing at music festivals despite calls from experts to change their approach.
Oliver Lane
Perth’s streets are awash with cheaper meth, with illicit users reporting the drug was ‘very easy’ to get in the city, with the problem fuelling high levels of concern amongst West Australians.
Dylan Caporn
With several drug overdoses already this festival season, and three new recreational drugs identified by the drug-checking service in Canberra, many parents will be wondering how they can keep their kids safe.
Nicole Lee
Almost two dozen people have been charged with more than 100 offences during a prolonged drug blitz in the Mid West, which resulted in the seizure of almost 30g of meth and more than 850g of cannabis.
A young northern suburbs man has been fined for possessing hundreds of e-cigarettes intended for selling.
Justin Bianchini
Driving the streets of Broome, it didn’t take me long to see first hand the extent of the alcohol problem confronting the town.
Emma Garlett