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Drug Checking Services Are Making Getting High ‘Feel’ Safer, Not Smarter
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Drug checking services have quietly become one of the most accepted tools in how society now handles illegal drug use. A sample goes in. A result comes out. Somewhere in that exchange, a seller learns...
Why School Based Drug Education Belongs in the Science of Resilience
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Why School Based Drug Education Belongs in the Science of Resilience New findings from brain science and education research are changing how communities view school based drug education. Researchers no longer treat it as one...
The Trip We’re Not Ready For: Why the Psychedelic “Renaissance” Is Getting Ahead of the Science
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There is a version of the psychedelics story that everyone already knows. A veteran who stopped waking up screaming. A cancer patient who made peace with dying. A depressive who, after decades of grey, felt...
Adolescent Substance Use Linked to Nearly Double the Risk of Psychological Distress, Study Finds
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A major new study has raised serious concerns about teen drug use and mental health, finding that young people who use drugs or binge drink are far more likely to suffer psychological distress. They are...
What Your Brain Looks Like When It Is Addicted: New Research Reveals a Shared Pattern Across All Substances
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Addiction has long been treated as a matter of willpower, a personal failing, or a moral weakness. But a growing body of neuroscience tells a very different story. A landmark study published in Translational Psychiatry in...
Bubblegum Flavour, Lead Vapour: The Science of What Vaping Actually Does to Your Body
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It looks like a travel shampoo bottle, smells like bubblegum, and fits in a school bag pocket. On top of that, it costs less than a coffee. And according to a growing and convergent body...
Five Psychedelic Drugs in a Tobacco Plant: The ‘Medicinal’ Argument That Was Never Really About Medicine
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Scientists in Israel have just engineered a tobacco plant to grow five psychedelic drugs at once. They call it pharmaceutical progress. They call it a simpler, more sustainable route to medicine. Yet what they have...
E-Cigarettes Linked to Lung and Oral Cancer in Landmark Scientific Review
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A major scientific review has concluded that e-cigarettes are likely to cause cancer. The finding could reshape how governments, health bodies and the public think about vaping. Published in the journal Carcinogenesis on 31 March 2026,...
Building Resilience in Young People – Mental Health Prevention That Works
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Based on the World Youth Report 2025 (Insights from 3,000 youth across 137 countries) One in seven young people aged 10 to 19 experiences a mental health condition. That’s millions navigating anxiety, depression, and other...
The Vote for Medicine: How the Psychedelic Push Is Failing the Patients It Claims to Help
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Imagine you have tried everything. You have been through the antidepressants, the talking therapies, the adjustments to lifestyle and sleep and diet that well-meaning clinicians suggest. Nothing has worked. You are still depressed, still suffering,...
Using Illicit substances ‘Recreationally’ is Found to Significantly Raise Stroke Risk, Major Study Warns
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Cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines all raise the risk of stroke significantly. That is the central finding of the largest study ever conducted on recreational drugs and stroke risk, drawing on data from more than 100...
Prayer, Meditation and Faith Could Cut Your Risk of Alcohol and Drug Misuse, Harvard Study Finds
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Over half a million people. Fifty-five rigorous studies. One remarkably consistent finding. Spirituality and drug prevention are now firmly linked by science, and a landmark Harvard study has put hard numbers to it. People who...
One in Four Teens Face Neighbourhood Violence and Turn to Substances to Cope
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A groundbreaking study from The University of Texas at Arlington has revealed a disturbing reality: one in four American adolescents is exposed to violence in their neighbourhood. Moreover, these young people are more than twice...
Promising’ Cannabis Trial for Back Pain Sparks Limited Optimism Amid Safety Concerns – But Larger Studies Contradict.
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‘A large phase 3 trial in Nature Medicine has delivered a ‘stronger’ clinical signal that a proprietary cannabis extract, VER-01, can modestly reduce chronic low back pain – but the effect is small, side effects are common,...
Revolutionary Fentanyl Vaccine Enters Human Trials in 2026
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A fentanyl vaccine will enter human trials in early 2026, offering a revolutionary approach to preventing drug use before it starts. Developed with support from the US Department of Defence and licensed by ARMR Sciences,...
The Lure and the Loss of Harm Reduction in…Drug Policy and Practice
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Journal of Drug Policy & Practice Vol-1-Issue-2.pdf One of the most difficult subjects to understand and assess in the drug policy and practice field is harm reduction because of disputes about its intent and meaning....
Trends in alcohol, MDMA, methylamphetamine and THC in injured and deceased motor vehicle drivers and motorcyclists over a decade (2010–2019) in Victoria, Australia
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Abstract: Background Driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs contributes significantly to road traffic crashes worldwide. This study explored trends of alcohol, methylamphetamine (MA), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA) and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), in road crashes from 2010...
PREVENTION & Demand Reduction Must Be the Prioirity of Community Drug Policy
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Originating in the US, Communities that Care is a public health prevention framework that has been operating in Australia for 25 years. Over 30 Local Government Areas have used the framework to reduce alcohol...
Opioid Addiction Prevention: Critical Lessons from Treatment Failures
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The opioid crisis continues to devastate communities across Canada and beyond, with recent research highlighting alarming treatment retention failures that underscore why prevention must be our primary defence. A comprehensive study examining opioid agonist therapy...
Cannabis Control or Controlled by Cannabis? The Public Health & Safety Promotion Policy Proposal – Cannabis Use in Australia
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Overview: This Policy Proposal has been designed for Australia with the hard learned lessons from other jurisdictions in mind. Ensuring faux claims of perceived manageability are addressed. Not only has there been considerable consultation with...
Report: Pain, Brain & Drug Free Equipping
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Opening Chronic pain conditions like fibromyalgia, migraines, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) present with complex symptoms, often involving both physical sensations and intense emotional suffering. Recent neuroscience advances, particularly a July 2025 study from the Salk Institute,...
Diversion Not Decriminalisation – Is The Key To Rehabilitation
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Abstract The evolving crisis of drug addiction and its intersection with the criminal justice system has prompted critical reassessment of punitive legal models. This paper argues that meaningful rehabilitation is best achieved through judicially guided...
New Digital Lessons to Combat Teen Vaping in Schools
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Teen vaping is on the rise. Around the world, 16.8% of young people have already tried e-cigarettes, often starting as early as 14 years old. The risks? Nicotine addiction, lung damage, harmful chemicals, and even...
The Psychedelic Movement in the US: A Risky Experiment?
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The resurgence of psychedelics in the United States has reignited fierce debates about their safety, efficacy, and the ethical concerns surrounding their use in mental health treatment. Once dismissed as dangerous hallucinogens associated with counterculture...
