Drug Seizures and Arrests Hit Highest Levels in 2013; Spike in the Use of Ice The imminent execution in Indonesia of two Australians caught there for trafficking drugs comes as Australia faces its own worsening narcotics problem. PHOTO: REUTERS Mr Suhandro Putro, representative of The Javanese Christian Church funeral home, says they usually receive orders for caskets when executions are carried out on Nusakambangan, an island off Java. The extent of the problem can be seen from the Australian Crime Commission's most recent report on illegal drugs, released last April. [continues 689 words]
A day after replacing John Brogden as the Liberal leader, Peter Debnam gave the first indication he would distance the party from his predecessor's social liberalism, saying he would close the heroin injecting room in Kings Cross. "I will certainly be putting to my colleagues that in a government post-March 2007 we would look at closing the injecting room and diverting those funds into treatment of addicts," he said. "We need to crack down on drugs at the street level. We need to make sure people who are addicted to drugs are treated." [continues 400 words]
