A recent study finds brain cell death is one of many frightening consequences of cocaine use. Learn about the risks of cocaine addiction and how you can stop. A recently conducted study has found that cocaine causes brain cells to literally eat themselves — adding...
Rapper 360 releases video for new song “I’m Sorry” about his codeine addiction. Learn about the dangers of codeine addiction and how you can get help. Melbourne rapper 360 has just released a new song chronicling his battles with codeine addiction. “I’m Sorry” was...
While the country’s headlines have focused on Australia’s meth addiction, heroin addiction has been rising quickly in the shadows. While still in the midst of an ice epidemic, Australia may be facing another equally damaging drug problem as heroin addiction seems to...
See why Stoner Sloth, the star of Australia’s anti-marijuana ads, has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. Most ad campaigns dream of going viral, however for the New South Wales “stoner sloth” anti-marijuana campaign, the type of attention the ads garnered was...
Shalom House, an addiction treatment centre in WA, claims to be the strictest rehab centre in Australia, but it is missing several key components of treatment. Shalom House Rehabilitation Centre in Swan Valley, Perth, WA is hailed as the “strictest rehabilitation...
Experts say that an increasing amount of Australia’s violent crime can be linked to ice addicts as methamphetamine use leads to violent ideation in some. Australia is currently in the midst of an “ice epidemic”, and with the increased use of methamphetamine, a highly...
With an average of 15 alcohol-related deaths in Australia each day, see how Australia’s drinking culture needs to be reformed. Australia is well-known around the world for its drinking culture, and alcohol consumption has become a part of everyday life within the...
Wendy Whitely threw herself into creating a beautiful ‘secret garden’ after getting clean from heroin. Here we look at how horticultural therapy (gardening) can really help in addiction recovery. Frequently referred to as the ‘goddess muse’ of the late avant-garde...
Australian Senator, Jacqui Lambie, is pushing for forced rehab in an effort to combat ice addiction — but there may be more important changes that need to be made first. Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie recently shared with parliament, and then again on ABC’s 7.30...
Cocaine use is often glamorised by elite figures such as George Gerges. But the long-term effects of the drug are truly far from dazzling. George Gerges, a well-known Sydney socialite, model, and entrepreneur was amongst a group of men recently arrested in a large...
