Integrity Of Afl System Is In Hands Of A Drug Addict

THREE urine tests a week. Four hair samples a year. Welcome back, Ben Cousins, to the strict new world of AFL footy.

Doctor Questioned About Fatal Morphine Overdose

A MOUNT Waverley doctor who allegedly prescribed an excessive dose of morphine to a woman on the day she fatally overdosed on the drug had been warned by health authorities that she might be an addict, the Medical Practitioners Board has heard.

Cousins Likely To Get Green Light

THE AFL's near-certain decision today to ratify the comeback of self-confessed drug addict Ben Cousins could be thwarted in the coming days by the two AFL clubs which remain in the running to take him.

Jill The Tripper Eludes Her Captors

A heroin addict who can cover her tracks has police on the hop, writes Allan Hall in Berlin. a DNA calling-card of "Frau Ohne Gesicht" ("woman without a face").

A Bitter-sweet Love

A self-confessed coffee addict, Ellen Jordan was devastated when she was forced her to abstain. Could she function without its inspiration?