TWO experts have resigned in support of the government’s chief drugs adviser – sacked for claiming cannabis is less harmful than alcohol.

The Catholic Church has dismissed Halloween as a pagan night of “terror, fear and death”. “Terror, fear and death” sounds more like the Jesuit (Catholic) Inquisition to me.

Former world number one tennis player Andre Agassi has confessed to using crystal methamphetamine during his career and lying to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) after testing positive.

Mobile phone carriers in Australia have been hit with massive fines after failing to deliver adequate service for mobile phone owners.

The numbers are a product of a much larger institutional problem - poor reproductive health education in low-income communities.

A female journalist in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 60 lashes over a TV show in which a Saudi man described his extra-marital sex life.

Guatemalan and US authorities have seized a makeshift submarine loaded with cocaine with a US street value of US $200,000,000.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare study shows pre-teen children have sought rehabilitation for problems with amphetamines, cannabis, alcohol and even heroin.

Murder, torture, steal then pray and donate to charity. The ‘family values’ of Mexican drug cartel La Familia.

One too many perfect smiles. The smiling, laughing, coquettish and youthfully vigorous perfection of the advertising images slowly worked their way into his unconscious like a sociopathic ferret into warm and inviting undergarments. His mundane daily...