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Sugar – Not a Good Friend?

Study: No More Than 6 Teaspoons of Added Sugar per Day JAMA. Published online April 19, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.6285 Moderate-quality evidence has tied high intake of sugars, particularly those containing fructose, with a range of poor outcomes, such as obesity in children, coronary heart disease, and depression, according to an umbrella review of 73 meta-analyses that included 8601 studies, […]

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Vaping Even More Toxic With Menthol!

Adding menthol flavoring to electronic cigarettes may damage your lungs more than regular e-cigarettes do, a new study reveals. A number of studies have suggested that e-cigarette vapor can cause lung inflammation, oxidative stress, DNA damage and airway hyper-responsiveness that can trigger asthma, Benam said. Vaping these substances can cause lung damage that impairs lung

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Wine O’clock Gone?

“A Tipple a day, even of red wine, is not going to make you live longer…and it’s probably better to drinking nothing at all…” The JAMA study found ‘alcohol consumption was associated with a ‘significant increased risk of all-case mortality.’  (The Australian 6/4/23) (Research: JAMA Researchhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2802963) Also seeFor Your Health, No Amount of Alcohol Is SafeLarge Alcohol Study Challenges ‘Heart Health’ ClaimsWHO: No

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Step Right Up – Dealing Death on Social Media!

  Step Right Up – Dealing Death on Social Media! Awkward Conversations: A discussion on how retail drug trafficking has spread into social media, as well as how to regulate and monitor kids’ Internet use. #druguse #onlineshopping Understanding Your Kids’ Social Media Use | Get Smart About Drugs: https://www.getsmartaboutdrugs.gov/media/understanding-your-kids-social-media-use?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

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The ‘Unleashing’ Of Domestic, Familial & Intimate Partner Violence – The Drug Factor.

“If we are going to say ‘NO’ to violence against women – and we must – then we cannot say ‘Yes’ to drug use!” Dalgarno Institute “Continuing acceptance and normalisation of drug using behaviours by the culture, whether overt promotion of products or the libertarian pursuit of individual ‘rights’, the acceptance of psychotropic toxins in

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Adolescent Cannabis Use Really Messes with Brain Development.

Cannabis in Adolescence: Lasting Cognitive Alterations and Underlying Mechanisms Abstract: Cannabis consumption during adolescence is an area of particular concern, owing to changes in the social and political perception of the drug, and presents a scientific, medical, and economic challenge. Major social and economic interests continue to push toward cannabis legalization as well as pharmaceutical development.

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Labelling of Cannabidiol (CBD) Products: A Public Health Perspective

Conclusions: Accurate and informative labelling of hemp and hemp-derived CBD products is an important public health issue. FDA-regulated product labels are considered an essential tool for protecting consumers and enabling informed decision-making. Untruthful or unsubstantiated health-related claims, and unallowed Drug Claims, in marketing materials and on labels of CBD products may create harm by enticing consumers

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Big Tobacco and Vaping Science – Who’s Researching What & Why?

Today February one, The Australian Newspaper release an article tiled, Exposed: big tobacco’s links to vape research. They report led with…“one of the world’s largest tobacco companies funded research into vapes and e-cigarettes that had positive findings and have since been promoted by Australian researchers”.The Australian went onto report that, Philip Morris infiltrated academia through the Foundation

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