Alcohol sports sponsors in doctors' crosshairs
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Alcohol marketing did “influence young people's alcohol beliefs and behaviour”, Prof Barry stressed. “What one is exposed to as a teenager has long-term effects. A study in Australia and New Zealand showed that sports people exposed to alcohol sports …
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Edward R. Arnold: Marijuana is safer than tobacco or alcohol
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… on the risks marijuana poses to young people, completely omitted other important information on youth risk behaviors. We know that nicotine is a substance more addicting than marijuana; more addicting, even, than some "hard" drugs. We know that …
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Young people with FASD: treatment under law scrutinised – ScienceNetwork WA
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Image: Mat WatsonA SURVEY among police, corrective services and WA's legal institutions has revealed 85 per cent of staff at various levels within the organisations have dealt with young people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). The staff …
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