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Too many addicts, not enough treatment

Jordan wrote 22 hours ago: The ability to deal with an increase in addiction to painkillers such as OxyContin is being held up … more →

Tags: Canada, Addiction, Methadone

Review by Organisation of American States on illicit drugs 'could mark beginning of the end' of prohibition

talesfromthelou wrote 1 day ago: Western leaders study ‘gamechanging’ report on global drugs trade | World news | The Obs … more →

Tags: activism, addictions, criminology 2, health, Politics, Sociology, substance abuse, War On Drugs, War on the war on drugs

Still Believe Nature Got It Wrong? Top 10 Health Benefits of Marijuana

talesfromthelou wrote 2 days ago: Still Believe Nature Got It Wrong? Top 10 Health Benefits of Marijuana | True Activist. May 1, 2013 … more →

Tags: activism, Alternative Medicine, Big Pharma, Cannabis, criminology 2, decriminalization, health, hemp oil, Law

Latest Studies on Marijuana and Health: Good news for Crohn's Disease Sufferers

talesfromthelou wrote 3 days ago: http://norml.org/ May 17, 2013 Marijuana and diabetes Subjects who regularly consume cannabis posses … more →

Tags: activism, Alternative Medicine, Big Pharma, Cannabis, Crime, criminology 2, decriminalization, health, Hemp

Greek addicts turn to deadly shisha drug as economic crisis deepens

talesfromthelou wrote 3 days ago: Greek addicts turn to deadly shisha drug as economic crisis deepens | World news | The Guardian. Gro … more →

Tags: activism, addictions, capitalism, criminology 2, Debt Slavery, Economics, health, New World Order, Political Science

How Do the Chinese Treat Arthritis?

talesfromthelou wrote 5 days ago: How Do the Chinese Treat Arthritis? – Waking Times : Waking Times. May 14, 2013 | By Dylan Cha … more →

Tags: health, China, Alternative Medicine, ageing, Medicine, Qigong

Prescription drug overdose statistics visually

Jason Schwartz wrote 1 week ago: Popular Science has a chart with US overdose deaths by drug: …the rate of reported overdoses t … more →

Tags: Controversies, Jason Schwartz, Policy, Research, Treatment, analgesic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, death, drug overdose

a harm-reduction guide to cutting. (an early version)

imaginaryplaygrounds wrote 1 week ago: This is a guide I’ve been working on for quite a few months now, and while I was going to wait … more →

Tags: Mental Health, Radical Mental Health, medical industrial complex, nv/pwpd, Depression, anxiety, Self-Injury, Cutting, Resource Guide

Sex Superbug Could Be 'Worse Than AIDS'2 comments

talesfromthelou wrote 2 weeks ago: Sex Superbug Could Be ‘Worse Than AIDS’. Thursday, 2 May 2013 An antibiotic-resistant st … more →

Tags: health, Alternative Medicine, Sexuality, Medicine, sex, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Antibiotic Resistance, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

The food industry is waging war on your cells with these 10 toxic ingredients

talesfromthelou wrote 2 weeks ago: The food industry is waging war on your cells with these 10 toxic ingredients. NaturalNews   by … more →

Tags: health, Nutrition, activism, Monosodium Glutamate

Drug Wars Woes: Mexico's anti-narcotics tsar just one casualty of US-backed war on drugs

talesfromthelou wrote 2 weeks ago: Mexico’s anti-narcotics tsar just one casualty of US-backed war on drugs | World news | guardi … more →

Tags: activism, addictions, criminology 2, decriminalization, greed, health, Hypocrisy, Latin America, Law

VICTORY! Two bills pass to improve HI medical marijuana program, await Governor's signature

dpaghi wrote 2 weeks ago: The Conference Committee on HB 668 and SB 642 went all the way to the last minute, and it was a nail … more →

Tags: legislation, Medical Marijuana, Resources, Events, activism, health, patients, caregivers, Transportation

You probably think this blog is about you, no, it's about our failures1 comment

viverebenissimo wrote 2 weeks ago: I would like to rip your heart out and show it to you before you die.  No, wait; you don’t deserve s … more →

Tags: criminalization, sex work, Social Justice, activism, Human Rights, rape, sex work, Society

Tomorrow! Harm Reduction Approaches to LGBT Sexual Health: A Guided Tour for Clinicians1 comment

kboehner wrote 2 weeks ago: This event is sponsored by Baltimore Student Harm Reduction Coalition and co-hosted by the Gertrude … more →

Tags: Meeting/Event, Baltimore, Clinical, Johns Hopkins, health, Training, LGBT, Sexual Health, clinicians

The measurement and monitoring of safety

carolinetimothy wrote 3 weeks ago: Source:  The Health Foundation Follow this link for item Date of publication:  April 2013 Publicatio … more →

Tags: Health Care, Frameworks, monitoring, Volume 4. Issue 4, Safety, Harm

LGBTQ Sexual Health and Harm Reduction for Clinicians

kboehner wrote 3 weeks ago: Baltimore Student Harm Reduction Coalition presents the 3rd installment of the 2013 Spring Speaker S … more →

Tags: Hopkins, Clinical, Providers, LGBTQ, Sexual Health, .bshrc

Alcohol policy -- under the influence?1 comment

Pharmalogica wrote 3 weeks ago: Yesterday Dr. Jim McCambridge spoke to the BBC [1] about how the alcohol industry deliberately disto … more →

Tags: Science, Alcohol, alcohol abuse, Alcohol Industry, David Nutt, Drug Law, Lobbying, Nutt, Research

Real World Activism At Its Finest

Andrew Tripp wrote 3 weeks ago: A few weeks ago, I attended the inaugural iteration of the SkepTech conference, put on by a bunch of … more →

Tags: activism, ahrc, Atheism, Atlanta, Brianne Bilyeu, Crunk Feminist Collective, Grassroots, JT Eberhard, miri mogilevsky

The Hurt Yourself Less Workbook: Looking After You and Your Injury

prideinmadness wrote 3 weeks ago: Talk of self harm Previously: After You Self Harm Looking After You and Your Injury If you have just … more →

Tags: The Hurt Yourself Less Workbook, Self-harm, Cutting, Support, Self-Help, Coping, distress, First Aid


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