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Study: junk food as addictive as drugs
A new study has found that an addiction to junk food can be compared to that of drugs like cocaine.
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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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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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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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Over 100 caught with drugs at Futures
More than 100 people were found by police to be carrying drugs during the Future Music Festival held at Randwick Racecourse on Saturday.
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Poor sleep to blame for drug use
If you believe latest research, you can forget everything you've heard about how drug use is the result of complex mix social and biological drives. It seems that the amount of sleep you get can imcrease the likelihood of you using drugs.
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Nature v nurture?
No doubt many of us have come across a friend who claims to have an 'addictive' personality type or thought of addiction as the result of the pharmacology of drugs acting on the individual. But how many of us truly believe it?
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Man admits spiking wife's coffee
BBC.co.uk report that a UK man has been jailed for two years for spiking his estranged wife's coffee with 3g of amphetamine and cannabis.
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