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Flashback Friday: Suzi Gage talks about medical cannabis
This week we go back one year to the 2019 SSA conference. Here Dr...
Created On: 16 October 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) adds recreational drugs to banned substances list
In August 2020, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that it would no longer...
Created On: 14 October 2020   (Last updated: 04 February 2024)
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Australia to permit prescription e-cigarettes in 2021
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced that, from June 2021, vaping products...
Created On: 12 October 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Opioid use in India five times higher than in 2004
The World Drug Report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
Created On: 12 October 2020   (Last updated: 04 February 2024)
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Collecting data from cannabis users
  “We should care about cannabis users’ perceptions and opinions. The more we listen,...
Created On: 06 October 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Stoptober 2020
The 1st October marks the beginning of Stoptober, an annual campaign created by Public...
Created On: 01 October 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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PHE updates COVID-19 addiction treatment guidance for commissioners and providers
Public Health England (PHE) has updated its guidance to addiction treatment commissioners and providers...
Created On: 29 September 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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How has COVID-19 changed the use of illegal drugs? An overview of the results so far
by Martine Skumlien and Dr Will Lawn “Among people with an existing mental health...
Created On: 28 September 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Prescription of alcohol in emergency homeless hotel accommodation during the COVID-19 lockdown
by Dr Emmert Roberts and Dr Emily Finch During the COVID-19 lockdown in London,...
Created On: 23 September 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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Does mixing drinks, your age or quantity and type of alcohol make for a worse hangover?
by Katya Kowalski and Emily Clark Hangovers are the most commonly reported negative consequence...
Created On: 22 September 2020   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)