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A Dalgarno Research Report (DRR): An investigative analysis of political lobbying, anecdotal evidence, compromised research, and the lessons Australia failed to learn — and is now teaching the world The Pattern Nobody Wants to Name...
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Excerpt: Marijuana’s primary psychoactive compound, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), drives persistent epigenetic changes that undermine neuroplasticity and reward system integrity, with cannabidiol (CBD) offering limited mitigation upon repeated exposure. These modifications, observed across preclinical and human studies,...
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Abstinence From Psychoactive Substance Use as Foundational Best Practice for Neurodevelopment and Brain Health From the Abstract: This paper argues that abstinence from nonmedical psychoactive substance use should be conceptualized not merely as harm avoidance...
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“Drug use, be it licit or illicit, and the developing brain is always a complex issue, with absolutely no doubt that any amount of drug use detrimentally impacts the developing brain, even if ever so...
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“With several global jurisdictions legalizing cannabis for either ‘medicinal’ or recreational use, the issue of its influence on public safety, particularly in motor vehicle crashes and the subsequent injuries and deaths, a more robust understand...
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“Alcohol marketing is a global phenomenon in which companies spend considerable sums to establish and embed their brands in the lives and lifestyles of populations. Global spending on alcohol advertising of six of the largest...
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“‘Stigma’ is the well- worn phrase appealed to when faced with data that doesn’t fit the harm reduction narrative. The alternative simply does not find any platform in the debate.”… Read more in the full...
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ABSTRACT “The war on drugs and attempts at prohibition have failed.” This statement frames virtually every public drug debate and is the core defence for pushing everything from the legalisation of recreational marijuana to every...
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“What is addiction; a disease, or dis-ease, or disorder, or dysfunctional behaviour?”…
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2015 Research Reports DRR Alcohol Peeling Back Label Alcohol Advertising & Young People – 2015 2014 Research Reports DRR HIV and HCV transmission among Intravenous Drug Users June 2014 Alcohol Outlets: Recreational Ethanol...
Greater Risk Website - The younger they start the greater the risk...
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The Institute for Behaviour and Health, Inc. is to reduce the use of illegal drugs. We work to achieve this mission by conducting research, promoting ideas that are affordable and scalable...
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Smart Approaches to Marijuana. SAM's leaders are among the world's most prominent voices calling for science-based marijuana education and awareness.
There isn’t merely data sharing - it isn't about promoting a 'one dimensional' legislative solution to a complex problem
Don’t Legalize Drugs exists to counter the growing push to normalize and legalize harmful drug use. Despite claims that “the war on drugs has failed,” legal access doesn’t make drugs safer or less damaging. It simply makes them more available—especially to young people.
