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RUSH EDITION #1, WINTER 2014
SILK ROAD
“My Struggle”
And internet sales
“My Child Is Taking Drugs” Psychosis
Recognise the signs
A personal story
Who is using Synthetic Drugs? Teenagers Ask
Questions about alcohol and other drugs
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CONTENTS
EDITOR’S BLOG
“MY STRUGGLE” A personal story
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And internet sales RUSH magazine welcomes readers to
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aimed at raising awareness in the
PSYCHOSIS
Recognise the signs
other drug (AOD) issues.
Page 8 TEENAGERS Dr Brian Morris
Ask questions
0405 996 908
Page 10 FAMILY DRUG SUPPORT Page 14 CANNABINOIDS
Page 16 NEW ZEALAND DRUG LAWS Page 18 TENANCY SUPPORT Page 20 TUHSL Page 22
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“My Struggle”
and living interstate.
depressed and
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DRUGS AND T
increasing awareness and interest in drugs.
substances (such as cannabis and MDMA).
sold via the internet to Australia.
fourth most available substance available on the Silk Road to second. The total number of retailers on Silk Road increased.
“SURFACE WEB” available substance to fourth.
accelerated increase in the number
retailers.
The closure of the Silk Road saw
“Surface web” sites are those that
a generic list of search terms
which combines search results from
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THE INTERNET on the Silk Road selling to Australia
cannabinoids
available.
The
retailers on the Silk Road (i.e. based accessed
using
a
dedicated
fortnight. Substances sold on the Silk Road are available both retailers.
Available
substances
these categories is then divided into various subcategories including
“The most
of retailers across the monitoring
available substances on these
available substance under each as the number of unique retailers selling each substance.
substances and Following the closure of the Silk online forums focuses on alternate
rather than new
Market reloaded (BMR) and the
SEARCHES Road 2.0 were taken.
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PREVALENCE
SYMPTOMS
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Psychosis all
GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS
CAUSES
SUBSTANCES
PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES
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- What is it? MEDICATIONS
THE BRAIN IN PSYCHOSIS: DOPAMINE
www.sane.org www.
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WHAT DO TEENAGERS W ALCOHOL AND O
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WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OTHER DRUGS?
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TASMANIAN AOD SERVI Court Mandated Diver-
SOUTH 6224 2240
Migrant Resource Centre
The Link Youth Health Service
STATE WIDE OR NATIONAL
Other Drugs Council of Tasmania (ATDC)
Australia
Health Doctor
Lifeline Tasmania
Alcohol and Drug Service (ADS) Mental Health Carers
The Hobart Clinic
Clare House Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Eureka Club House Rural Alive & Well (RAW)
Kids in Focus 586 262 Tasmanian Users
Bridge Centre
(TUHSL)
Live Free Tassie
30yrs health services Commission Mental Health Services
DHHS Child &
Service (SASS) TasCAHRD
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Centacare
Tasmania
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ICES & ORGANISATIONS Tasmanian Aboriginal Health & Support Services Aboriginal Health Service
(AA) Southern Tasmania
NEEDLE SYRINGE OUTLETS Anglicare
Aboriginal Assoc
Services
Anglicare,
03 6359 3532
State-wide Alcohol & Drug Services and
,
South East Tasmanian aspx Tasmanian Centre
Aboriginal
Tasmanian Aboriginal Health Service
6423 6635 Quit Tasmania
Mental Health Carers
Health Centre Anglicare Tasmania
Lifeline
Jordan River Services
s
6263 4303 Families
Counselling
The Link Youth Health Service,
Our Time SYRINGE VENDING MACHINES Southern
Tasmania-
,
tralia Anglicare,
Break Even Migrant Resource Wellbeing
Other Drugs Council (ATDC)
s
Chambers 6424 0545
03 6423 5598
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HOW DO I TALK TO MY CHILD ABOU -
friends.
use or not.
Be good role models.
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UT THEIR DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE?
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Be informed and educated
mouthing their friends will not lead .
other drugs
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SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS: ‘N
and has received a great deal of
found in cannabis that are unique
understand that SCs are neither
WHERE DO SCs COME
interact. to the range of non-cannabis herbal
users are thought to be seeking.
have been made available as
more of the cannabinoids have
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Australian and American internet
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NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION’
the Federal level in 2012.
retailers to sell SCs deemed to
consequences
of
using
these
their ingredients and as a result
unknown.
and clinical literature include those similar to the harms associated
There
have
been
increased cannabinoids-web-version.
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GOING FIRST: NEW ZEALAND’S RO not come into force when the leg-
around the world could regulate
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stances are
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schools). Most councils have in-
ucts
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IMPLEMENTING THE ACT
THE TRANSITION PERIOD -
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OCKY ROAD TO NEW DRUG LAWS es and individuals or retail outlets who sell them�.
RESULTS -
has devised a risk assessment score table based on research
substances have gone through the
score a certain level on a scale.
and research about them will be -
criteria which take into account
framework and is working towards
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FUTURE CHALLENGES (
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also another future challenge for
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investment in research and data
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TENANCY SUPPORT AND HEA
can be seen as just one of a range of to housing need is one that addresses the cause(s) of the need. -
disconnected nature of services as a barrier to those services achieving -
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idea is the need to recognise the sigand disconnectedness of services
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ALTHY HOUSING OUTCOMES
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TASMANIA’S OWN DRUG USER ORGANISATION – TUHSL IS BACK -
and social circumstances of substance users.
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Drugs Council of Tasmania (ATDC) about AOD issues.
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