Marijuana: Toking takes toll
Whether you start earlier or later, smoking marijuana is unlikely to be a winning move.
More bad news for pot tokers: a study led by the University of Queensland (UQ) has found that regular marijuana use h...
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Most GHB deaths could be preventable
Knowledge about overdoses and first aid is the answer.
Despite a notorious reputation, illicit recreational drug GHB is increasing in popularity in Australia. But knowing t...
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Half of regular ecstasy users are pill testing
The habits of illicit drug users nationally are revealed.
More than four in 10 people who regularly use ecstasy and one in 10 people who regularly inject drugs have ever teste...
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Second pill testing trial proves its worth, again
It’s time to start pill testing more often.
Australia’s second ever pill testing trial at Canberra’s Groovin The Moo has, once again, shown the benefits of pill ...
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Nine pill testing myths
In all the talk, some myths keep being trotted out.
From politicians to the public, the same myths keep being rolled out about pill testing. Here are nine of the most co...
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How does pill testing work?
What actually happens during a pill test?
Pill testing is back in the headlines after the deaths of 5 young people in 4 months, and the release of more studies...
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Hope for cure from cocaine addiction
The enzyme delivery system overcomes its short half-life.
Researchers say a radical gene therapy that helped mice beat cocaine addictions may hold promise for human treatment....
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Poppy genome reveals opiate evolution
The world’s illegal medicinal plant had a turbulent history.
A series of bizarre events and biological errors over evolutionary history were responsible for the intoxicating medi...
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Rat poison detected in recreational drug
Alert issued after lethal compound found.
More than 150 people have been hospitalised and four have died in the US after ingesting synthetic cannabinoids laced...