Breakthrough research reveals a new target for Alzheimer’s disease treatment http://t.co/PxlDwZHw8U pic.twitter.com/bORU66m2qd — PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) October 15, 2015 A research team led by Amantha Thathiah (VIB/KU Leuven) has determined that a protein – known as GPR3 – might play an important role in alleviating the cognitive deficits and reducing theContinue Reading

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10480745/Cannabis-use-linked-to-academic-failure Cannabis use is extremely popular, whether it is for medicinal use, recreational use, so many people today use it . That’s why there are knox medical centres everywhere that provide marijuana medical treatments. I recently read an article explaining that companies are now making atomizers for dry herbs allowingContinue Reading

New Zealand’s recorded crime levels are the lowest seen since the late 1970s. 6 Crime rates have fallen steadily from 2009 until recently (when there is some evidence of levelling out). It is worrying that, in 2016, 71% of New Zealanders thought crime was increasing. Associations between the rate ofContinue Reading

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12127814 If Little were to change the law to make bail easier, sentencing smarter and parole more obtainable, then it would put to the test Gluckman’s research that the rate of imprisonment is not linked to crime rates. Gluckman’s report said crime and justice needed “evidence-based approaches to prevention, intervention,Continue Reading

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ritual-and-the-brain/201804/why-your-brain-stress-fails-learn-properly You try to brush it off, but to no avail. Sitting with pencil in hand, you turn over the page of the exam booklet. You read over the first few questions. It happens: all the knowledge you thought you had up your head magically vanishes from your mental repository.Continue Reading

A new poll found 44% of Americans aged 18-27 have deleted the Facebook app this year https://t.co/uMnyJ80W0s pic.twitter.com/ZKVfA0XRbx — Motherboard (@motherboard) September 6, 2018 Many Americans have responded to Facebook’s ongoing privacy and disinformation controversies by reducing their usage of the social media platform. Others have responded by deleting theContinue Reading

Ruatoria-based Hikurangi Cannabis has become the first NZ company to receive a medical cannabis license and it's going to be awesome! https://t.co/Is0bqW5WcJ pic.twitter.com/rscyEWUSOc — Manu Caddie (@manucaddie) August 25, 2018 Hikurangi Cannabis has become the first New Zealand company to secure a license to cultivate medicinal cannabis plants. The licenseContinue Reading

Thoughtful piece on #Portugal's ??drug policy by @mdnharris : all drugs were decriminalised in 2001; major harm reduction measures are in place. Well worthy of study by all countries interested in evidence-informed drug policy. @globalcdp @AndrewLittleMP https://t.co/mxB60rSfOz pic.twitter.com/WcnpjXUNmB — Helen Clark (@HelenClarkNZ) August 19, 2018Continue Reading