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Statement On Dimethocaine And The Product "Amplified", Ireland

Thursday, June 3, 2010

There have been reports in the media that Head Shop owners may seek to circumvent the new controls by importing other substances that are currently not subject to the Misuse of Drugs Act.

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Scientists Say Sports Stars Are No Role Models

Thursday, April 22, 2010

The loutish and drunken behaviour of some of our sporting heroes – routinely reported in the media – has little or no effect on the drinking habits of young people, new research has found…

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The E-Cigarette in a Life and Death Struggle : Playing political games with millions of lives will play out in the court of public opinion and surely…

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The frequency of news articles about politicians who are mounting an attack for their city or state against the e cigarette are on the rise. The claim plays like a broken record that has been repeated over and over again to the media by opponents; that e-cigarettes are not approved by the FDA, we don’t know what’s in them and they are marketed to children. The facts are that tobacco cigarettes aren’t approved by the FDA either and are responsible for over 400,000 deaths in America each year

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UK pricing: political dialogues continue

Monday, February 15, 2010

In the build up to the elections, we'll be trying to update you with key news and developments relating to national alcohol policy. The recent level of political attention, and the pricing and availability debate in particular, could prove important election topics

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Curbing the menace of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Several reports suggest that antimicrobial resistance is an increasing global problem; but like most pandemics, the greatest toll is in the less developed countries. The dismally low rate of discovery of antimicrobials compared to the rate of development of antimicrobial resistance places humanity on a very dangerous precipice

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The adverse health effects of cannabis use: What are they, and what are their implications for policy?

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Conclusions: Politically, evidence of adverse health effects favours the status quo in developed countries like Australia where cannabis policy has been framed by the media as a choice between two views: (1) either cannabis use is largely harmless to most users and so we should legalize, or at the very least decriminalize its use; or (2) it harms some of its users so we should continue to prohibit its use.

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