Check out this link ‘Just say no‘: Australian Medical Association rejects Greens’ new drug legalisation pushStephanie Peatling The Australian Medical Association has distanced itself from a new relaxed drugs approach being pushed by the Greens, saying it underestimates the harm illicit drugs do to the community.Association president… Read More »Voters should just say NO to Greens Drug Policy (W.A)
Feb 2017Illegal drug abuse and addiction are very serious problems that can affect people of all ages, ranging from adults to infants born to mothers who regularly use drugs. Illegal drugs are drugs that are sold, often for recreational purposes, even though they are not… Read More »Effects of Illegal Drugs on the Heart
Download our latest Marijuana Education Toolkit to inform yourself and others! Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM’s) Toolkit includes information about the health risks of marijuana, data showing links between marijuana use and other drugs…. You can use these educational briefs to inform not just lawmakers,… Read More »SAM’s Toolkit
Written by Ana Sandoiu Published: Thursday 2 February 2017 Misleadingly marketed as a legal and safe alternative to marijuana, synthetic cannabinoids have a variety of adverse health effects. A new review summarizes the clinical cases that have so far been linked to the use of the… Read More »Synthetic marijuana’ may cause serious harm to health
Abstract Background Amphetamine abuse is becoming more widespread internationally. The possibility that its many cardiovascular complications are associated with a prematurely aged cardiovascular system, and indeed biological organism systemically, has not been addressed. Conclusions These results show that subacute exposure to amphetamines is associated with… Read More »Acceleration of cardiovascular-biological age by amphetamine exposure is a power function of chronological age
A new report by the Children’s Society on behalf of Public Health England highlights the relationship between sexual exploitation and drug use. Like their adult counterparts, young people in specialist drug treatment have a range of complex problems that extend beyond drug use. The latest… Read More »Cannabis Treatment and Child Exploitation
Jan Copeland December 2016Source: Australian Family Physician: Link to Resource: BackgroundGlobally, cannabis is the most widely used and variably regulated illicit drug. The rates of use appeared to be stable in Australia at the time of the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, but levels… Read More »Cannabis use and its associated disorders: clinical care
