Sydney Is Now The "Cocaine Capital" Of Australia


Drug testing of 52 sewage plants across Australia has found cocaine consumption is higher in New South Wales than anywhere else, particularly in Sydney.

In its report on Monday, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission found Australia’s cocaine use remained highest in NSW, with some parts of Queensland and Victoria also testing highly.

“Australians have an insatiable demand for all sorts of narcotics and synthetic drugs,” the commission’s chief executive Michael Phelan told reporters in Brisbane.

“That demand has not gotten any better.”

Results from sewage testing carried out in February and April show a drop in fentanyl and oxycodone, but an increase in methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and MDMA.

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