Psychiatric units struggle with scourge of smuggled drugs

By Beau Donelly
Updated November 13 2014 - 10:08am, first published October 26 2014 - 12:15am

Illicit drugs and alcohol are being smuggled into mental health wards run by the state's busiest public hospitals, undermining patient care and putting psychiatric staff at risk of violence.

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