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Bulletin 9: CLIMATE/CRUfAD* Schools: cannabis prevention programs

Dr Nickie Newton , Dr Laura Vogl and Professor Maree Teesson 1National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)

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Management of cannabis use disorder and related issues: A clinician's guide

Click here, or 'Download PDF' below, to download a copy of the new NCPIC publication, Management of cannabis use disorder and related issues: a clinician's guide. The Background Papers which informed…

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Media Watch

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NCPIC conducts regular media monitoring and collects a range of media stories on cannabis-related stories that appear in the press.

'Pot' use linked to psychotic disorders

3 MAR
2010

Researchers at the University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute and School of Population Health “have found young adults who use cannabis from an early age are three times more likely to suffer from psychotic symptoms.” The study, which followed 3800 people born in the…

Got the message?

27 FEB
2010

According to an NRMA study, “the amount of time drivers spend with their eyes off the road increases by up to 400 per cent when they’re sending or receiving texts.” A British study has even found that texting is more dangerous than driving under the influence of cannabis or…

Tired teens may turn to drug use

27 FEB
2010

This article discusses the importance of sleep for teenagers and brings up a study that found “sleep disorders and drug use in teens were closely inter-twined.” It also found that “teens with a friend who slept less than seven hours a night were 11 per cent more likely to use…

Grandpa, what’s that you’re smoking?

25 FEB
2010

A recent US government report “predicts that over the coming decade...stoned grandpas and grandmas will be commonplace especially where marijuana can be obtained legally for medicinal purposes.” According to the report, “the number of 55 to 59-year-olds in the US using marijuana…

Hooked early

22 FEB
2010

A Mount Waverly rehabilitation centre for those under 16 years of age, has released figures about its clients as it faces possible closure due to a lack of funding. According to the figures, “more than half its clients began taking drugs aged 12 and under.” Cannabis was the “drug…

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