Safe Injection Site in Toronto Would Boost Public Health: Editorial

Published July 8, 2013

Safe injection site in Toronto would boost public health: Editorial

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Unlike those who enjoy smoking crack cocaine, just to take an example, people who inject illicit drugs like heroin face more than double the risk of overdose. And that's just … Not only are overdoses reduced but the spread of HIV and hepatitis C is … Read more on Toronto Star

Porn Boycott: Pastor Jay Dennis Wants You to Join 1 Million Men

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Baptist Pastor Jay Dennis of the Church of the Mall in Lakeland, Florida, never thought he'd find himself taking sexual addiction classes, he told The Daily Beast. But staff members were approaching him with concerns about pornography in the church … Read more on Daily Beast

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Specifically, people with schizophrenia show a decrease in dopamine levels in the frontal cortex of the brain and an increase in dopamine levels in the limbic region of the brain which is responsible for many functions including addiction (Rogers, 2001 … Read more on Huffington Post UK