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Cannabis marketed to children in Colorado

HEALTH & EDUCATIONApril 16, 2020

by Chris McCormack Cannabis latest of long line of deadly substances touted as “medicine” Colorado’s marijuana laws leading to death and disease in children Cannabis-related problems cost Colorado over $US1 billion annually The Cannabis Conundrum Tour was recently in Australia, exposing the myths around cannabis. Two experts from the U.S. state of Colorado, Dr Karen Randall, chairwoman of the board and vice-president of case management at the Southern Colorado Emergency Medicine Associates, and Lynn Riemer from A.C.T. on Drugs and a former Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) chemist, spoke on the Colorado experience since cannabis was legalised. Opening the Melbourne event…

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Apr162020

Murray River full; reservoirs low; farms for sale …

COVER STORY, RURAL AFFAIRSApril 16, 2020

by Patrick J. Byrne Even if this year’s spring brings major rains, the severe two-year drought in the Murray-Darling Basin has demonstrated that the $13 billion federal Basin Plan is unworkable, putting major rural industries (and government seats) at risk in Australia’s major food bowl. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s recent appointment of Keith Pitt as Federal Minister for Resources and Water followed angry farmer protests over inaction by his predecessor, David Littleproud. Farmers in their second year of zero water allocations have watched 24/seven the Murray River in full flow with environmental water bypass them. While politicians have washed their…

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Apr142020

Coronaschooling

AFA BlogApril 14, 2020

My own homeschooling journey began a quarter of a century ago. I was a young mum, with a gifted first born, a pre-schooler, a toddler and a newborn. I endured judgement and ridicule, especially from interaction with various nurses as I delivered and established the feeding of baby number four. However the journey proceeded smoothly,…

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Apr32020

AS THE WORLD TURNSApril 3, 2020

WUHAN WHISTLEBLOWER DOCTOR DIES OF VIRUS HE WARNED ABOUT All across China, people are talking about Dr Li Wen Liang. He was the doctor who discovered the novel coronavirus and, in the early hours of February 7, 2020, died of the same virus. In December last year, he was arrested for being a whistleblower, “spreading rumours” about a mysterious pneumonia-like virus. He continued to care for patients up until he was infected himself. He leaves a toddler and his wife, who is also infected and eight months pregnant with their second child. Dr Li Wen Liang penned a deeply…

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