Booze or weed: what’s worse for your health?
Both can do you harm, and the debate is clouded by less research into the effects of cannabis.
Addiction
Why aren’t these booze stats keeping us awake at night?
The number of people killed by alcohol rivals the civilian death toll in World War I. So why aren’t we paying attention?
So alcohol causes cancer. How much is too much?
This week the outgoing US Surgeon General called for labels on alcohol to warn of cancer risk. Here’s what we know about the odds of various levels of alcohol consumption in developing cancer.
The year of magical non-drinking
One year on from an alcohol-fuelled haze last New Year’s Eve when Matt Condon vowed off ever drinking again, this is how it’s worked out.
We need to talk about medicinal cannabis
Despite weak evidence supporting its use, about half a million Australians have been prescribed it, fuelled by a system where doctors are paid for every prescription they write.
Dabbing: the dangerous trend ‘breaking’ teenage brains
Health authorities are sounding the alarm as teenagers present to emergency rooms with seizures, cyclical vomiting or psychosis. A mother explains: ‘It was like someone replaced my daughter with someone else’.
Holiday hangover? Treat it like a doctor would
Korean pear juice may be hard to find but there are some other ‘cures’ doctors recommend for your aching head after alcohol. The ‘hair of the dog’ is not one of them.
The drugs young bankers use to get through the day — and night
Many on Wall Street see Adderall and Vyvanse as tools to plough through long hours of tedious work amid high-pressure competition. In Australia the equivalent to Adderall, Dexamphetamine, is known as a party drug.
Why is everyone ‘sober-ish’ all of a sudden?
More people are entering the holidays with a mindful relationship with alcohol. It turns out this isn’t a total drag.
Zapping the addiction buzz out of the brain
By taking away cravings — one of the biggest distractions in recovery — people may be more able to manage the daily stress.
Matthew Perry’s tragic quest to get well
Friends star spent his life searching for healing in a world willing to sell it.
Are mobile phones jeopardising our health?
Excessive mobile phone use is being described by experts as an addiction similar to playing the pokies. But there are steps you can take to regain your concentration and meaning in life.
Maestro’s appetite for self-destruction
Guitarist Tommy Emmanuel has spent most of his life as a fixture of Australian culture. Now he’s ready to open up about his decades-long cocaine addiction and the terrible family secret that drove it.
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