A video chronicling the story surrounding the death of a young drug-user has emerged victorious in a media competition highlighting youth drug issues which received a record number of entries this year.

Recent discoveries of industrial-size cannabis factories and controversial proposals to end alcohol sponsorship of sport underline the seriousness of the issues being examined in the country’s first National Drugs Media Awards.

THE Government has axed a confidential national phoneline aimed at combating drug dealing in local communities.