Carol was stabbed 62 times. On Friday,her son was found guilty

Carol was stabbed 62 times. On Friday,her son was found guilty

The Perth former nurse screamed for help during her murder as paramedics watched helplessly. She had called for her son – who’d overdosed on a cocktail of drugs.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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The ‘ketamine queen’ and the dose that led to Matthew Perry’s death
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The ‘ketamine queen’ and the dose that led to Matthew Perry’s death

Two doctors allegedly supplied the Friends star with a large amount of ketamine and even wondered in a text message how much he would be willing to pay.

  • byMichael Balsamo andAndrew Dalton
This Perth man had an $800 a week drug habit. He thought going to his GP would help
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This Perth man had an $800 a week drug habit. He thought going to his GP would help

For about six years,Dale Cranswick used drugs to get through the stress of being a chef at a busy restaurant. Then he found the answer. Or so he thought.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Dalkeith student arrested over alleged sale of cannabis lollies

Dalkeith student arrested over alleged sale of cannabis lollies

Two high school students from a western suburbs school were hospitalised after eating the gummies WA Police believe were laced with marijuana.

  • bySarah Brookes andRebecca Peppiatt
NZ food bank unknowingly distributes lollies with ‘lethal’ levels of meth

NZ food bank unknowingly distributes lollies with ‘lethal’ levels of meth

The amount of methamphetamine in each “revolting” lolly was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take,with a street value of $915.

  • byCharlotte Graham McLay
From Point Piper to prison:The double life of an eastern suburbs executive

From Point Piper to prison:The double life of an eastern suburbs executive

Michael Snounou once rubbed shoulders with Australia’s most affluent people from his lavish harbourside home. It came crashing down in scenes akin to TV drama Breaking Bad.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
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When Ollie took a pill,he didn’t realise it would be a ‘never-ending trip’

When Ollie took a pill,he didn’t realise it would be a ‘never-ending trip’

From medical trials to magic mushrooms,psychedelics are back in the spotlight. But for those with the little-known condition HPPD,the side effects never end.

  • byTim Elliott
The parents,the son and the taxi driver:Inside a family-run Sydney cocaine ring
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The parents,the son and the taxi driver:Inside a family-run Sydney cocaine ring

When police began intercepting the phone of a taxi driver,they discovered a cocaine ring that they weren’t expecting.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Anonymous tip leads police to discover 900kg meth imported into Sydney

Anonymous tip leads police to discover 900kg meth imported into Sydney

A Sydney man is facing life in prison after methamphetamine with a street value of $828 million was found hidden in industrial machinery imported from the United States.

  • byJessica McSweeney andNick Newling
Sharks test positive to high levels of cocaine off the coast of Brazil

Sharks test positive to high levels of cocaine off the coast of Brazil

Marine biologists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks from coastal waters near Rio de Janeiro and found high levels of cocaine in their systems.

  • byNick Squires
Drug kingpin’s role in notorious alleged Sydney cocaine plot
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Drug kingpin’s role in notorious alleged Sydney cocaine plot

Vaso Ulic allegedly attempted to smuggle 2.5 tonnes of cocaine into Australia,where it commands up to 10 times the European price.

  • bySally Rawsthorne