Magistrates' Program Has a Good Case
... program has a good case ORANGE residents facing charges in court who are referred to the Magistrates' Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) as part of their rehabilitation, are benefiting from improved health and well-being according to the latest statistics from the NSW … Read more on Central Western Daily Philip Seymour Hoffman's death in line with heroin use trends Shane Darke, a professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of NSW, said the medical community was seeing more deaths from heroin among people in their 40s, 50s and even 60s who had cycled in and out of treatment. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald Read ...
Growing Abuse of Xanax Leads to Restrictions
... leads to restrictions President of the Australian Medical Association, Steve Hambleton, said there had been a significant increase in benzodiazepine prescription, despite the drugs not being recommended as a first-line treatment for anxiety.v "There are websites to teach … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald Experts back NSW view on cannabis use The true place of cannabinoids in the treatment of chronic pain has not been established." Professor Michael Farrell, director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of NSW, says the recommendations are "sensible enough" and … Read more on Ninemsn Read ...