Don’t miss out! Last Chance to see Billie Holiday movie and Johann Hari
Last chance to see Johann Hari and Jenny Valentish at the Astor Theatre this Saturday night.
Don't Miss Out.
Tickets still Available
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Australia’s alcohol guidelines recommend women and men
drink no more than two standard drinks per day. Kelsey Chance
Last month, close to 40,000 people, mostly women, gave up alcohol for FebFast and many others...
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We’ve seen images of people “panic buying” alcohol since lockdown started in March. Now new data from the advocacy group Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) shows people are not just stocking up for...
Explainer: what is nitrous oxide (or nangs) and how dangerous is it?
Nitrous oxide has been used as an anaesthetic
for over 100 years. Shutterstock
Media reports last week linked the use of “nangs” to the death of a teenager at schoolies week on the Gold Coast. Hamish...
Testing festival goers’ pills isn’t the only way to reduce overdoses. Here’s what else...
Festival goers bring their phones. So why not use them to
receive tweets about high-dose drugs in circulation, as the UK is doing?
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The NSW inquest into recent drug deaths at music festivals is...
DRUG REGULATION ECONOMIC REVIVAL REVOLUTION
FLATTEN THE ECONOMIC CURVE
The urgency for funding for our health system is at a premium in most peoples consciousness, what happens if there are lines of Ambulances waiting for infected to be processed.
So far,...
Trying to cut back on alcohol? Here’s what works
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With everything going on over the past couple of years, many people have changed their drinking habits.
We’ve seen an increased demand for support, suggesting more people are trying to cut back or quit.
There are so...
More Australians back legalising cannabis and 57% support pill testing, national survey shows
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A growing number of Australians support the legalisation of cannabis, while almost three in five back the idea of pill testing, according to a new national survey.
The 2019 National Drug Strategy...
Cannabis History Explained: 5 Facts to Know
Marijuana, hash, ganja, weed, pot, etc. are the slangs used to describe the cannabis plant’s proportions. We have somewhat known cannabis since the dawn of humankind. It is one of the oldest psychoactive compounds...
A mental disorder, not a personal failure: why now is the time for Australia...
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The year 2020 has challenged us all. The bushfires and then the pandemic forced us to reflect on what’s important, how we respond to crises as a community, and the ways we connect...
