Herald Sun – Monday, 2 Aug 2021 – Page 15 IF cannabis was made legal it would prompt an extra 880,000 Australians over the age of 14 to try it for the first time, researchers have found. Giving lie to the claims of Greens… Read More »Weed plan up in smoke – Legalisation warning
Impact of Melbourne’s second wave of COVID-19 and associated restrictions among people who inject drugs: findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national drug monitoring system intended to identify emerging trends of local and national concern in… Read More »Impact of Melbourne second Wave of COVID 19
POLICING EFFECTIVE WHILE PILL TESTING IS NOT With the first reported medical issues at Festival X in Sydney, Drug Free Australia again extols the success of police in deterring many ecstasy users from putting pills in their mouths. This contrasts with the Canberra pill… Read More »POLICING EFFECTIVE WHILE PILL TESTING IS NOT
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(USA Today, March 20) As opioid misuse continues to grip the nation, some states are allowing medical marijuana to be used as a treatment for opioid addiction. However, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), says there is currently no scientific evidence for… Read More »Marijuana as a cure for opioid use? Nation’s top drug scientist says she’s skeptical
More than 3,400 patients under 19 went to hospital due to mental and behavioural illnesses brought on by cannabis last year NHS figures show the number of admission has risen 38 per cent since 2013/14 Teenagers say cannabis has become more accessible through social media… Read More »Children aged NINE are damaged by cannabis: Shocking toll of young patients admitted to hospital with mental disorders
The UN-backed International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) warned on Tuesday that poorly regulated medical cannabis programmes could step-up the “recreational” use of the drug while diminishing public concern over its harmful effects. “Legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes, as seen in a small number of countries, represents… Read More »U.N. News – Recreational cannabis poses ‘significant’ health challenges to youth: drugs control body
When it comes to foreigners visiting the US, while the general reaction is overall favorable, it appears that one city tends to draw a reaction of sheer shock if not disgust: San Francisco….San Francisco has always been one of favourite US cities, but the degree of… Read More »I Was Quite Shocked By My Last Visit To San Francisco
JAMA. 2019;321(7):639-640. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.0077 The evidence that cannabis is an efficacious treatment for opioid use disorder is even weaker. To date, no prospective evidence, either from clinical trials or observational studies, has demonstrated any benefit of treating patients who have opioid addiction with cannabis. If Cannabis Is… Read More »Should Physicians Recommend Replacing Opioids with Cannabis?
