Great news as ban overturned for drug-addicted prisoners now they will be able to access a self-funded drug rehab and counselling program after the WA government overturned an earlier call to withdraw support for the long-running service. The Whitehaven Clinic, which has provided drug counselling services...
A leading Perth rehabilitation clinic that has supported hundreds of drug-addicted prisoners has been banned from running counselling programs in West Australian jails. Counsellors from The Whitehaven Clinic have been denied access to eight WA prisons to continue drug counselling sessions for 56 inmates after the...
EXCLUSIVE, Phoebe Wearne WA’s methamphetamine epidemic is transforming the State’s prison population with more than half of inmates now locked up for drug offences, assault or burglary. Department of Justice figures reveal an increase of almost 70 per cent in adults jailed for drug offences. Prisoners whose most...
TWO years ago, back when I was a hardened drinker, I committed to Dry July. My body, and particularly my liver, needed a well earnt break from alcoholic lubrication and I longed for weekends without raging hangovers and carb laden foods. My commitment was questionable from...
by Kate Campbell FUNCTIONING “ice” users maintaining a job and family life are among the 17 callers a day turning to the State’s fledgling Meth Helpline for support. As the insidious drug tightens its grip in WA — which has the unenviable title of Australia’s meth capital...
By Carmarlena Murdaca As more and more social media users are “liking” alcohol, risky drinking is rising. The rule of everything in moderation is a good one to go by if you want to log on for some fun – but avoid the sobering consequences of...
A “DEVASTATED” Ben Cousins will consider a Supreme Court bid to be released from maximum security prison as authorities last night said he would receive no special treatment behind bars. Cousins’ lawyer Michael Tudori told The Sunday Times he would consider this week making a bail...
Dedicated drug and alcohol rehabilitation prisons have been proposed in a "radical" drug plan by West Australian Labor ahead of the March state election. The plan also includes two new treatment centres in regional WA, an additional $2 million per year into existing treatment...
Plans to tackle the South West’s evident methamphetamine problem with a dedicated rehabilitation centre have been met with praise from Whitehaven Clinic program director Tabitha Corser. Ms Corser said the South West was one of the state’s most prolific areas for ice use and more rehabilitation...
For many mothers there is nothing more satisfying than putting the kids to bed and pouring a glass of vino or two. But Australian drug and alcohol counsellor Tabitha Corser warns that more mums are using the bottle as a crutch and turning to 'anxiety-based' drinking...