For the first time, people aged 50–59 years make up the highest proportion of unintentional drug overdose deaths. But these aren’t just from illicit drugs.
- Alcohol and other drug specialist, UNSW
You don’t have to rely on willpower alone.
After a day, you’ll feel less dehydrated. After a week, your mood and sleep improves – and the benefits keep going.
Strict sobriety goals can backfire and lead to guilt and binge drinking when people feel they’ve failed.
Alcohol and drug addiction impacts families as well as the people afflicted. Some First Nations-led centres involve families in their patients’s treatment, with beneficial outcomes.
Just like armour protects soldiers’ bodies, steroids do too. There’s no reason to believe steroid use by the military is unethical, but further studies are needed.
Many rural communities have experienced economic decline in recent years and have poorer access to drug treatment services. This increases the risk of drug use and overdoses.
When you think of steroid users, it’s likely you picture a male in the gym with huge muscles. But all sorts of people use steroids for all sorts of reasons.
We usually associate addiction with bad things like smoking, alcohol and gambling. But it’s possible to be addicted to exercise, too.
There are concerns that performance-enhancing drug use is quickly becoming a public health crisis.
There is an urgent need to reconsider steroid use as a public health issue as opposed to a criminal justice concern.
A handful of countries have introduced anti-doping measures in high-street gyms. Let’s nip it in the bud.
A growing number of young men are using steroids, but there are few public services to help this vulnerable group.
Easy media stereotypes rather than clear evidence attributes performance enhancing drug supplies to organised criminals.
The supplements industry is big business but do you know what’s really in the packet?
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