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Prohibition of heroin does not prevent all use of heroin, but very few people would say therefore that is a failure, and heroin should be legalized and controlled by some other means. All one can reasonably expect from prohibition of any undesirable behavior is that it will substantially reduce the frequency and intensity of that behavior, to the net benefit of society.” Harold Kalant MD PhD.
Is alcohol and energy drink consumption associated with antisocial behaviour?
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ALCOHOL INDUSTRY ADVERTISING PARTNERSHIPS WITH AFL AND NRL TEAMS 2019 (F.A.R.E)
From Executive Summary: This study finds that alcohol advertising deals are widespread in the AFL and NRL men’s competitions.
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'Completely preventable': 50 young people killed by stroke after using meth, MDMA
At least 50 Australians aged as young as 18 were killed by lethal strokes after taking methamphetamines, MDMA or other psychostimulant drugs. Read here for more
Do you have an alcohol problem? You do now!
Drinking one bottle of wine a week is as cancer-causing as smoking up to ten cigarettes during the same time period, a new study claims.
British researchers found that downing a weekly bottle of vino is on par with smoking five cigarettes for men and 10 cigarettes for women, according to the study, published Thursday in the journal BMC Public Health.
In total, the wine consumption increases a man’s “lifetime cancer risk” by 1 per cent and woman’s by 1.4 per cent, according to authors of the study, who crunched UK health and population data.
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‘Alarming’ amount of new drugs on dark web: ANU study
Australians have access to mass amounts of potent drugs online, equivalent to "billions of doses" every day, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU).
The report found "alarming" amounts of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and carfentanil available on the dark web. Carfentanil is not for human use and was originally designed to sedate elephants.
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Chemsex, or using illicit drugs to enhance sex, brings enhanced pleasure — and risks
The drug also alleviated his anxieties about having sex as an HIV positive man. "The beauty of crystal meth was it just took that away," he said."I was still having safe sex but it took away that little bit of me that was thinking, 'There's an element of me that's just tainted.'"
Dr Ezard said that long-term ice users typically experienced mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
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