Drugs
Antibiotic Resistance in Syria
In the last five and half years, Syrian hospital workers have had to contend with their fair share of horrors.......
Parkinson’s Stem Cell trial brings cautious hope
A new treatment for Parkinson’s disease being trialed out of the Royal Melbourne Hospital is bringing cautious hope to sufferers......
Experts criticise new ice prevention program
Experts warn the new Australian Anti Ice Campaign, which has former ice addicts sharing their own confronting experiences with high......
Preventing overdose deaths: Safe injecting sites in Toronto
In a bid to reduce the number of deaths by drug overdose, the city of Toronto in Canada has voted......
Synthetic drugs: How dangerous are they really?
Synthetic drugs have spiked in popularity since 2009, and although are illegal in NSW, are readily available at several stores,......
Lies, damned lies and meth statistics
Last year 23.5 tonnes of crystal-methamphetamine or ice was seized by police around the country last year, according to the......
Beyond prohibition: the next steps in drug policy reform
It’s no secret that the war on drugs has been a dismal failure and countries are now looking for new......
Masculine ideas – a key to understanding male drug addiction?
A study suggests one of the problems behind male drug addiction may be something a little counter-intuitive. A researcher at......
Exploring the ethics of addiction
Whether it’s ice, heroin, cannabis, caffeine or sugar, we all have an opinion on the ethics of drug use. Substance abuse......
Global increase in MDMA calls for festival drug testing
With synthetic drugs on the rise, and the increasing purity of MDMA or ecstasy, experts are calling for the introduction......