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Knowing your legal rights when it comes to music festivals With increasing police presence at music festivals, it is no surprise that more and more Australians are being arrested and charged for minor…

Come November, the legalisation of marijuana use for medical purposes will come into effect in Canberra. This is a ground-breaking feat, and has the potential to benefit many ill (some terminally) people. However,…

The growing number of drug related deaths at Australian music festivals call for drastic measures. The availability of pill testing services at places where there is likely to be a large consumption of…

Adrian McKenna, Senior Associate at Ben Aulich & Associates, calls for reform to laws unfairly punishing drivers with cannabis in their system. The Canberra community is increasingly learning the fallacy of the ACT…

An illegal immigrant linked to a large-scale cannabis grow house network operating in Canberra has been deported despite warnings he could never face justice for his alleged involvement. Ong Yap, 35, pleaded not guilty to participating in…

A Canberra man who pleaded guilty to importing a commercial quantity of drugs to his front door has admitted taking a banned drug weeks before being sentenced. The solicitor for Christopher Walter Thorn, 38,…

A Canberra man has pleaded guilty to importing a commercial quantity of drugs to his front door. Christopher Walter Thorn, 39, opened his door to what he thought was a delivery man on 15…