Tony Adams, former footballer and Arsenal legend, has opened up about his battle with addiction and his inspiring road to recovery and emotional growth. Reflecting on the roots of his struggles, Tony credits both genetic predisposition and a childhood marked by fear and loneliness as key factors in his relationship with alcohol. His grandfather’s struggles...
A groundbreaking international anti-narcotics effort has made history with the biggest drug bust to date. Operation Orion, a six-week crackdown involving 62 countries, has disrupted a major drug trafficking network, seizing staggering quantities of illicit substances and rewriting the playbook on the global war on drugs. Pooling together resources from nations including Colombia, Australia, the...
A groundbreaking piece of legislation aiming to curb smoking and vaping has taken a significant step forward in Parliament. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which proposes a ban on smoking for anyone born after 1 January 2009, passed its initial stage in the House of Commons with overwhelming support. MPs voted 415 to 47 in...
The impact of cannabis on human fertility has emerged as a critical public health concern, particularly as global cannabis consumption has surged by 23% since 2010. With 209 million users worldwide and growing, most being males of reproductive age, understanding cannabis’s effects on fertility has never been more urgent. This increase coincides with a troubling...
Chantal Weiss has courageously spoken out about her traumatic experience of being drugged, assaulted, and filmed by individuals she once considered friends. Her detailed personal account exposes the devastating betrayal she faced and her path towards reclaiming her voice as a survivor. The harrowing ordeal unfolded on what appeared to be an ordinary evening at...
Tragedy struck in Laos as two Australian teenagers, Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both aged 19, succumbed to suspected methanol poisoning while travelling through the popular tourist town of Vang Vieng. The two friends, from Melbourne’s southeast, passed away in separate Bangkok hospitals after being placed on life support following the poisoning incident over a...
In the saga of San Francisco’s drug crisis, there’s a bitter irony that the city named after Saint Francis – known for his ministry to the poor – has become a cautionary tale of how misguided compassion can enable human suffering on an industrial scale. From the staggering 806 drug deaths in 2023 (a 24%...
The Dalgarno Institute Special Investigation Here’s a sobering thought: While your average recreational substance user is busy defending their “harmless fun,” approximately 8.7 million children in the United States alone are living in households where at least one parent struggles with substance use disorder. That’s right – one in eight children under 17 are watching...
In what might go down as the most expensive experiment in missing the point, Australia’s decades-long dance with harm reduction policies has produced results that would be laughable if they weren’t so tragic. New data reveals a sobering reality: whenever harm reduction takes centre stage, drug-related deaths perform their own tragic encore. Historical Context: Australia’s...
The recent amendment to Victorian driving laws, set to take effect March 1, marks a significant shift in how medicinal cannabis users who test positive for THC while driving will be treated under the law. While proponents celebrate this as a victory for medical cannabis patients, serious concerns about road safety emerge from extensive research...