OVERVIEWMethyl amphetamine is a synthetic stimulant drug and a type of amphetamine-type stimulant that is illegal in all Australian jurisdictions. Methyl amphetamine comes in several forms, including tablet, powder, crystal and oil. The most commonly available form in Australia is crystalline (‘ice’) followed by powder… Read More »Australian Crime Commission – The Australian ‘ICE” Market – The National Picture
New Research on Devastating Impact of Cannabis, Confirms Existing Data Cell-specific STORM super-resolution imaging reveals nanoscale organization of cannabinoid signalling Authors: Barna Dudok, László Barna, Marco Ledri, Szilárd I Szabó, Eszter Szabadits, Balázs Pintér,Stephen G Woodhams, Christopher M Henstridge, Gyula Y Balla, Rita Nyilas, Csaba… Read More »New Research on Devastating Impact of Cannabis….
NADA Misses the Mark A spokesperson for DACA said today: “The evidence clearly shows that the most effective way to reduce harm from illicit drug use is to reduce the number of people using and injecting them. The most pressing concern is the very high… Read More »The NSW Government’s election commitment to enhance funding for drug treatment in relation to ice users.
DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION ON PUBLIC FUNDING OF ILLEGAL DRUGS. A spokesperson for DACA today questioned the legality of using the internet to raise funds to manufacture and supply dangerous and illegal drugs. According the new reports a Norwegian advocacy… Read More »Norwegian Researchers Are Crowdfunding to Make Psychedelics and MDMA Free for Global Medical Use”, Vice News, March, 12, 2015
“Australia’s resolution on ice gathers support at UN drugs conference”. Senator the Hon Fiona Nash Assistant Minister for Health Senator for New South Wales, Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA COMMENTS: Minister Nash is the first… Read More »DACA Applauds Minister Nash’s call for a Global Fight Against ICE
From Abstract: “Whilst opiates have been shown to trigger numerous molecular pathways, the most interesting is the demonstration that the opiate morphinan’s nucleus binds to the endotoxin groove of the TLR4-MD2 heterodimer. This has the effect of triggering a low grade endotoxaemic-like state, which over… Read More »Epidemiologic and Molecular Pathophysiology of Chronic Opioid Dependence and the Place of Naltrexone Extended Release Formulations in its Clinical Management
From Abstract: “Opiates induce electrical silencing of POMC neurons resulting in hyperphagic obesity and dysmetabolic syndrome, mimicking senescence. Hence POMC neuronal pathophysiology becomes amplified organism-wide in a feed-forward loop. Together these factors suggest that we are on the very threshold of new insights which have… Read More »Hypothalamic Pathophysiology Opiate Dependence
From Abstract “Data show that lifetime opioid exposure, an interactive cardiovascular risk factor, particularly in women, is related to linear, quadratic, cubic and quartic functions of treatment duration and is consistent with other literature of accelerated ageing in patients with OD.”
