This week minister for health Sussan Ley tabled amendments to our drugs act to allow growing cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes.
The amendments will create two licence classes (medicine and research), limit access only to “fit and proper” Australians with no ties to crime, and allow the importation of plants and seed.
This is...
An internal review found Stuart Robert had acted inconsistently with the ministerial standards.AAP/Mick TsikasHuman Services Minister Stuart Robert has been forced to resign from the frontbench after an investigation found he had “acted inconsistently” with ministerial standards.
In August 2014 Robert travelled to China, where he...
The United Kingdom’s Medical Research Council (MRC) - the equivalent of Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council - recently released its 2014-15 economic impact report, details of which make for interesting reading.
Since 2006, research funded by the MRC resulted in more than 94,000 publications, 63,000 of which (67%)...
Foods may not have the effect you're after but at least they won't ruin your night.Gabriel Saldana/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SAThroughout the ages, many cultures have searched for potent aphrodisiacs to increase sexual desire. The term derives from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation.
Some things never change. We still...
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