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Today’s blog: The success of Portugal’s decriminalisation policy – in seven charts http://t.co/W5FQbQkahV pic.twitter.com/UuSrrt4K6k — TransformDrugPolicy (@TransformDrugs) July 15, 2014 2. Despite virtually eliminating all punishments for personal drug possession, rates of drug use haven’t skyrocketed like some predicted. As this chart shows, use had gone up slightly when measured in 2007 (a trend in…

Neil Finn

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Finn   Neil Mullane Finn OBE (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz, a project that he joined after it was initially founded by Tim Finn and others, and is now frontman for Crowded House. He has also recorded…

Recovered memory therapy discredited

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830424-400-why-resurgence-of-therapy-that-unearths-lost-memories-is-risky/ Myers underwent recovered-memory therapy, which coaches people into “remembering” things from their past, often while hypnotised or under the influence of strong tranquilisers. The approach is now shunned by most mainstream professionals because of the danger of creating false memories – leading patients to recall events that didn’t actually occur. Yet some psychotherapists still…

U.S. election triggering sexual abuse victims

U.S. election triggering sexual abuse victims

Bybetterblokesnz

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/11/therapists-say-the-election-is-traumatizing-women.html Even before the release of the 2005 Access Hollywood tape, Donald Trump’s candidacy was giving women anxiety. But after it came out — and after at least ten women came forward to accuse the Republican nominee of sexual assault — therapists across the country say the election began dredging up memories of sexual assault…

NZ detective traps sex offender via peer to peer network

NZ detective traps sex offender via peer to peer network

Bybetterblokesnz

A detective was able to remotely download 500 images located on the Auckland man’s computer, through a peer-to-peer file sharing website. The material contained explicit child sex abuse, including 16 videos which were the most serious of its kind, the court was told. One of the images viewed by the detectives was of a child…