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PLoS ONE (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The amphetamine derivative 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) reverses dopamine and serotonin transporters to produce efflux of dopamine and serotonin, respectively, in regions of the brain that have been implicated in reward. However, the role of serotonin/dopamine interactions in the behavioral effects of MDMA remains unclear. We previously showed that MDMA-induced locomotion, serotonin...
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The Lay Scientist (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
“This talk has been approved by the Home Office and so may be damaging to your health” started Professor David Nutt last night at a crowded Skeptics Westminster. For such a serious subject, the evening produced a lot of laughs with the Professor, his fellow guest Dr. Evan Harris MP and visitor Dr. Ben Goldacre. Professor Nutt started by restating the basics of the area: there are different...
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Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
In a report released today, the U.K.-based Transform Drug Policy Foundation asks us to imagine a world in which you can run an opium den but you can't tell people about it. After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation seeks to "replace moral absolutism with an ethics of effectiveness," steering a middle course between "two extreme management approaches": prohibition and "free...
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The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Yesterday, the new Idolator editors finally got around to introducing themselves. While she forgot to mention her predilection for MDMA , here’s what Becky had to say : Greetings, snappy-minded Idolator readers, absolutely love your passion in the comments, makes the pressure of taking over for the fabulous Maura thaaaat much more braincrushing. But I’m up for the challenge! Hope you are,...
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Cerysmatic Factory (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
From Manchester District Music Archive : Macclesfield Museum is currently searching for interesting Joy Division artefacts for a proposed exhibition due to take place in May 2010. The Curator of the exhibition is Jon Savage. The museum would like to hear from anyone who may be interested in loaning unseen photos, live recordings or footage, flyers, posters or general rare memorabilia. If you think...
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Anya Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
4th November 2009 The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is an independent expert body that advises government on drug related issues in the UK. It was established under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Its terms of reference, set out in section 1 of the Act, are “to keep under review the situation in the United Kingdom with respect to drugs which are being or appear to them likely...
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MTV News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
MC rode on a float with Alex Rodriguez earlier in parade. By Shaheem Reid Jay-Z performs at the Yankees victory parade in New York on Friday Photo: WNBC-TV "Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York!" Jay-Z took hip-hop to the World Series earlier this month, and on Friday (November 6) he took it to the teams' World Series victory parade. Not only did Hov ride one of the floats with...
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electrichalibut.co.uk (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
More interesting footnotes to the drug advisor sacking fiasco : firstly this article in the New Scientist by David Nutt himself presents a thought experiment originally presented in this NS editorial (the full version of which is behind a paywall): Imagine you are seated at a table with two bowls in front of you. One contains peanuts, the other tablets of the illegal recreational drug MDMA (ecstasy)....
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A LONG-time friend of AFL star Ben Cousins conspired with another man to traffic 45kg of MDMA or ecstasy, a court has heard.
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The Age (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A long-time friend of AFL star Ben Cousins conspired with another man to traffic 45kg of MDMA or ecstasy, a Perth court has heard.
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A long-time friend of AFL star Ben Cousins conspired with another man to traffic 45kg of MDMA or ecstasy, a Perth court has heard.
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Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Last week British Home Secretary Alan Johnson fired University of Bristol neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt as chairman the British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for failing to recognize that "his role is to advise rather than criticise." Translation: Nutt made the mistake of publicly telling the truth about drugs. In particular, he noted that the hazards posed by marijuana pale...
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Mabinogogiblog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Is this ^ the man who sacked the good Professor? Thanks to yessirnigel.com Alan Johnson Says that Prof Nutt was sacked for campaigning against the Home Office policy. What exactly was the campaigning message that so offended the Mr Johnson and the Home Office officials? I have pasted selections from Professor Nutt's position statement below, with commentary from Sir Humphrey. [You can read the whole...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Former actor and singer Manabu Oshio was sentenced Monday to a suspended 18-month prison term by the Tokyo District Court for using the illegal synthetic drug MDMA in August in an apartment where a woman was found dead. Although a suspended term is common for drug convictions, a five-year suspension, which Oshio received, is longer than usual.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Manabu Oshio, the lead singer of rock band LIV and Japanese actor, on Monday received a suspended 18-month sentence for five years for using drugs. Oshio pleaded guilty in October to using a small amount of MDMA in a Tokyo apartment. After taking the drug, however, a woman with whom he was, Kaori Tanaka, 30, was found dead in the apartment. During the investigation in Oshio's drug use, the star admitted...
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