Piers Akerman notes that the Uniting Church has purchased the Kings Cross building in which its Medically Supervised Injecting Centre operates:
It quietly paid about $7.1 million for 66 Darlinghurst Rd - the building occupied by the shooting gallery - seven months ago and settled in double-quick time.
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We are treated to so many horror stories of rampant alcohol abuse in Aboriginal communities that it takes a lot for one to stand out. This one does. Read more »
UnderCrabby : Organised Crime Gangs Now Stealing Fish
Because the Ten Commandments and abstinence-only sex education have proven so effective:
HEALTH and education authorities have been accused of promoting illegal drugs - including ecstasy, cannabis and methamphetamines - to high school students.
A controversial teaching resource produced by Sydney West Area Health Service advises students on what to do if they “choose to experiment”.
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[Via Jason Soon at Catallaxy.] The SMH reports:
DRINKERS who quench their thirst with four or more middies of beer will be defined as binge drinkers under new national guidelines released next month.
The new top limit for safe drinking follows a review by the National Health and Medical Research Council and will apply equally to men and women.
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Is it just me, or does it seem a little dodgy that there's a law that enables a special charge to be laid against someone who grows marijuana because a child was 'exposed' to the marijuana cultivation?
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