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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
| Stevyn Colgan
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
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A quick guide to drugs, the brain and brain chemistry
| Barry J Gibb
Discover some of the major chemicals that govern activity in our brains, how they work, and why certain drugs have the effects they do.
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Booze and bad behaviour
| Stevyn Colgan
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
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Guerrilla public health
| Harry Shapiro
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.