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Medscape: No Level of Alcohol Use Is Safe for the Brain
No level of alcohol use is safe for the brain and even light drinking is tied to increased dementia risk, results of a large observational study suggest.
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University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital - Outpatient Clinics - Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) Clinic - torontocentralhealthline.ca
Provides low barrier access for patients seeking treatment for any substance use disorder. Provides brief counselling, prescribe medications (including anti-craving medications for alcohol and buprenorphine/naloxone for opiate use disorder) and connect
Concurrent Outpatient Medical & Psychosocial Addiction Support Services (COMPASS) is an outpatient service specializing in evidence–based, medical and psychosocial interventions for clients with addiction/concurrent disorder concerns.
Heavy drinkers who have 8 or more alcoholic drinks per week have signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problem. They also had higher odds of developing tau tangles, a biomarker associated with Alzheimer’s disease. : r/science
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Voting is Not Harm Reduction – An Indigenous Perspective
Voting is Not Harm Reduction An Indigenous Perspective February 2020 – www.indigenousaction.org Zine format printable PDF download: Voting is Not Harm Reduction Zine-FINAL-PRINT (9.8MB) When proclamations are made that “voting is harm reduction,” it’s never clear how less harm is actually calculated. Do we compare how many millions of undocumented Indigenous Peoples have been deported? […]
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Your are Energy. Energy is Power. YOU are Power. Owning it = Liberation. Own your value, step into your power and lead revolutions, including a revolution of your inner self.
Your are Energy. Energy is Power. YOU are Power. Owning it = Liberation. Own your value, step into your power and lead revolutions, including a revolution of your inner self.