What is the point. exactly?
Is it just me or did everyone read the claim that marijuana is being rejected by young people as ‘unacceptable’ and wonder what the point was?
The media gleefully reported that young people view today’s chemical laden cannabis as dangerous, addictive and a gateway to harder drugs. Thank goodness there’s plenty of ICE around, I’d hate to think our young people had forgotten how to party!
ICE is a cheap and nasty methamphetamine. One in ten Australian’s over the age of 14 have tried it. 73 thousand young people are considered regular users. I hadn’t even heard of it a year ago.
In Sydney at the weekend a 20 year old dance teacher died after taking the drug PMA, better known as Red Mitsubishi or Red death. 10 years ago, PMA killed 11 South Australians in 12 months. Apparently, it’s back on the market.
And then, according to the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, there’s good old booze.
About 1500 young people die every year from drug related causes, more than half of them are due to alcohol.
Good to know they’re off the scoobies though.
Family Drug Support: 1300368186
I loved to see the tiny feet of baby Amillia Taylor, born in Miami after just 21 weeks gestation.
As always, her birth raised the premmie baby question, is it worth it?
About half our premmie babies suffer problems with thinking, hearing, walking talking or seeing. The future for Amillia is still unknown.
But did you also know that almost all the premmie babies who are now grown ups report better health outcomes than doctors predicted?
It’s true neo natal health isn’t cheap. It costs around $2000 per baby per day, which is a little less than adult coronary care, kidney dialysis or organ transplant.
I have an aunt who couldn’t have any children because she couldn’t carry them to term. If the babies she buried were born today, they would probably be alive and well.
Life is precious, and I think premmie babies are worth every cent.
This week sees the end of an era at the Sunshine Coast Radio Centre.
After nine years together at Mix FM, 18 years together in radio (on and off), my husband leaves me to fend for myself. John and I met at radio school in 1988. He wooed me (partly) by doing most of my assignments. In the ensuing years he’s been the only boss I’ve ever had willing to drop my mobile phone/wallet/feminine hygene products into the studio, when I forget to bring them to work. I’m really going to miss him.
He’s leaving Mix to become General Manager of Kook Multimedia. He assures me if you have a business then you need to talk to him. Try http://www.kook.com.au/ I know internet technology can do a lot of things, I’m not sure if it can drop off your purse though!
And since I’m obviously in the business of family plugs, John’s sister Sue is on the lookout for some missing Nambourians.
Sue works at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and she’s asked me to round up four hundred people who’ve gone AWOL from the 20 year Nambour Skin Cancer Study.
This is the last year of the study, QIMR has sent out letters to the 600 participants trying to set up some March meetings. Only 200 have replied.
I certainly hope you people haven’t been at the beach!
And news just in, an international superstar has announced she is definitely not going into rehab.
Despite low sales of her latest album, poor box office attendance and a very public break up, the star has decided to keep her hair and her knickers firmly in place, rent ‘love, actually’ and invite a few girlfriends over for a couple of chardies and a whinge about blokes. She is expected to return to work, as usual, on Monday.
Shocking, isn’t it?
And speaking of a couple of chardies, I’d love you to come to my book lunch. Wednesday March 7 at Ellmo’s, $50 includes a delicious lunch, a glass of wine and a gift copy of Is It Just Me? To book, http://www.isitjustme.com.au/
The media gleefully reported that young people view today’s chemical laden cannabis as dangerous, addictive and a gateway to harder drugs. Thank goodness there’s plenty of ICE around, I’d hate to think our young people had forgotten how to party!
ICE is a cheap and nasty methamphetamine. One in ten Australian’s over the age of 14 have tried it. 73 thousand young people are considered regular users. I hadn’t even heard of it a year ago.
In Sydney at the weekend a 20 year old dance teacher died after taking the drug PMA, better known as Red Mitsubishi or Red death. 10 years ago, PMA killed 11 South Australians in 12 months. Apparently, it’s back on the market.
And then, according to the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, there’s good old booze.
About 1500 young people die every year from drug related causes, more than half of them are due to alcohol.
Good to know they’re off the scoobies though.
Family Drug Support: 1300368186
I loved to see the tiny feet of baby Amillia Taylor, born in Miami after just 21 weeks gestation.
As always, her birth raised the premmie baby question, is it worth it?
About half our premmie babies suffer problems with thinking, hearing, walking talking or seeing. The future for Amillia is still unknown.
But did you also know that almost all the premmie babies who are now grown ups report better health outcomes than doctors predicted?
It’s true neo natal health isn’t cheap. It costs around $2000 per baby per day, which is a little less than adult coronary care, kidney dialysis or organ transplant.
I have an aunt who couldn’t have any children because she couldn’t carry them to term. If the babies she buried were born today, they would probably be alive and well.
Life is precious, and I think premmie babies are worth every cent.
This week sees the end of an era at the Sunshine Coast Radio Centre.
After nine years together at Mix FM, 18 years together in radio (on and off), my husband leaves me to fend for myself. John and I met at radio school in 1988. He wooed me (partly) by doing most of my assignments. In the ensuing years he’s been the only boss I’ve ever had willing to drop my mobile phone/wallet/feminine hygene products into the studio, when I forget to bring them to work. I’m really going to miss him.
He’s leaving Mix to become General Manager of Kook Multimedia. He assures me if you have a business then you need to talk to him. Try http://www.kook.com.au/ I know internet technology can do a lot of things, I’m not sure if it can drop off your purse though!
And since I’m obviously in the business of family plugs, John’s sister Sue is on the lookout for some missing Nambourians.
Sue works at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and she’s asked me to round up four hundred people who’ve gone AWOL from the 20 year Nambour Skin Cancer Study.
This is the last year of the study, QIMR has sent out letters to the 600 participants trying to set up some March meetings. Only 200 have replied.
I certainly hope you people haven’t been at the beach!
And news just in, an international superstar has announced she is definitely not going into rehab.
Despite low sales of her latest album, poor box office attendance and a very public break up, the star has decided to keep her hair and her knickers firmly in place, rent ‘love, actually’ and invite a few girlfriends over for a couple of chardies and a whinge about blokes. She is expected to return to work, as usual, on Monday.
Shocking, isn’t it?
And speaking of a couple of chardies, I’d love you to come to my book lunch. Wednesday March 7 at Ellmo’s, $50 includes a delicious lunch, a glass of wine and a gift copy of Is It Just Me? To book, http://www.isitjustme.com.au/
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