Archive for March 2010
NSW Health postcard 'a new low'?
A new NSW Health drug information postcard that shows lines of cocaine and descibes them as 'nose candy' has been described as a 'new low' and 'pushing its harm minimisation policy to dangerous new levels'.
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24 per cent rise in drug drivers in NSW
480 drivers tested positive for drugs in 2009 in New South Wales - up by 24 per cent from 2008.
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Healthcare for addicts?
Recently, Claire Murray, a former drug addict and dying young mother, was refused a place on the transplant waiting list after her initial liver transplant failed when she resumed her drug habit last year. Is this fair?
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To tell or not to tell
Is disclosing drug use to parents the last taboo? Have you told your parents about taking an illicit drug? If so, what was the fall out? Did you regret it, or did it take your relationship with them to a better place? If not, what’s stopping you?
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Addictive Personality Type?
Most of us have probably met someone who claims to have an ‘addictive personality’. But does such a thing really exist?
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P-plater records 0.385 BAC
From the files of 'stupidity' comes the story of P-Plate diver Joanne Grosse, who has recorded one of the nations highest ever blood alcohol readings. Her reading was 0.385 -19 times the legal limit for a P-plate driver.
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Do sniffer dogs deter?
Sniffer dogs assist police in making more arrests, and these arrests become newsworthy for the general public, who in turn believe the police are doing ’something’ about ‘drugs’. But are they actually a detertent?
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Random drug testing on our roads
Random Drug Testing is still in its infancy. Minimal research is available to determine a standardised measure of the concentration required to affect driving skills. Any positive test results in prosecution.
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Dogs to detect GHB
Victorian police are conducting an Australian-first trial training sniffer dogs to detect the party drug GHB.
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Harm-free alcohol
David Nutt, chairman of the UK government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs until he was dismissed last year for saying ecstasy was no worse than alcohol is developing a drink that would provide all the pleasures of alcohol with no downsides.
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