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Addiction ‘snowballed’ from self-medicating
A man has been jailed after he forged a series of prescriptions and used them to obtain opioids News Media reports that NSW man Ahmadullah Jahid has pleaded guilty in …
Service stations targeted in vape raids
Authorities swoop on service stations across the country as part of a major crackdown on illicit tobacco and vaping products More than 100 service stations across six states and territories …
Coroner slams ‘horrific’ fatal medication errors
Medication misadministration in aged care facilities is an issue that needs “urgent reform,” says a coroner who investigated the deaths of three women Victorian coroner Ingrid Giles has highlighted the …
Woman sets fires in pharmacy after Ritalin refusal
A woman has appeared in Moruya Local Court facing charges of assault and damaging property by fire, following an altercation in a pharmacy In July 2025, the Batemans Bay Post …
‘Circumstances of desperation’ caused self-prescribing, doctor claims
A community pharmacist warned a doctor’s employer of his fraudulent use of a stolen prescription pad to self-prescribe benzodiazepines and other drugs The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard …
TGA sues over alleged cannabis claims
The TGA is suing a cannabis dispensary and pharmacy over material which allegedly contained unlawful advertising claims The Therapeutic Goods Administration says it has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court …
Nurse arrested over data breach
NSW Health employee facing charges of allegedly accessing and downloading patient data without authorisation Cybercrime detectives are investigating a 59-year-old nurse working in the Northern Sydney Local Health District over …
Pharmacy warned not to dispense on doctor’s scripts
A tribunal has chosen not to cancel the registration of a doctor with a long history of self-prescribing, who also diverted scripts he wrote in former patients’ names A doctor …
Doctor claims ‘malicious agenda’ over pandemic conduct
Ahpra confiscated an ivermectin script from a pharmacy in a case where a doctor’s prescribing during the Covid pandemic came under scrutiny The doctor’s registration to practise medicine was suspended …
Cops strip pharmacy shelves
Police have swooped on a regional NSW pharmacy, seizing items from its storage area According to the Illawarra Mercury, police executed a search warrant on a South Coast pharmacy on …
Fake scripts appear on patient’s My Health Record
A pharmacist’s registration has been suspended after she self-dispensed medicines including diazepam, codeine, tramadol and zolpidem The pharmacist, who was practising in a suburban Perth pharmacy, appeared before Western Australia’s …
Illicit vapes seized in Darwin raid
Multi-agency operation lands $750,000 haul of illegal vaping and tobacco products Authorities have seized more than 6,000 illicit vaping products, 350,000 cigarettes and 280 kilograms of loose-leaf tobacco, from three …
