The use of synthetic cannabinoid products has recently become increasingly popular as an alternative to marijuana, being promoted as ‘legal herbal mixtures.’ While the ingredients of these products are not explicitly revealed in any source, packaging information on the products claim that they are a combination of dried and ground herb and plant material (as many as 14 different ingredients), which is sprayed with synthetic cannabinoid or cannabinoidmimetic substances, and then packaged and marketed as incense.
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- Indigenous men’s health is in a ”tragic state” according to the AMA $450m required to address remote health annually http://bit.ly/6Z5zBC
- Cannabis use in remote Indigenous communities is now as high as 70 per cent. APY Lands drug of choice http://bit.ly/4z81Ba
- H1N1 influenza in Australia- 10% of IVU admissions were indigenous who make up only 2.5% of population. http://bit.ly/4zK8d4
- Northern Territory’s rate of teenage pregnancy is three times the national rate. http://bit.ly/5kvSdU
- How in a nation where the rich and their physicians habitually rort the system tcan avoidable blindness still be rife http://bit.ly/6Amhm1
- Intervention documented serious lung problems in thousands of Indigenous children not enough resources for followup http://bit.ly/2eqCX6
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- Aboriginal poverty has gotten worse, the winner of the 2009 Sydney Peace Prize Pilger says http://bit.ly/1VgNky
- THE serious consequences of long-term cannabis use in indigenous communities are beginning to show http://bit.ly/agFWh
- Protocols for delivery of social and emotional wellbeing and mental health services in Indigenous communities released http://bit.ly/2bb3OI
- From 1994 to 2004, Indigenous smoking prevalence fell by 5.5% in remote men – really? http://bit.ly/66wXlr
- Prevalence of smoking among Australian Aborigines in non-remote regions equivalent to the rest of the Australian popn http://bit.ly/5vzEpU
- Education about basic hygiene will be the key to reducing otitis media in indigenous population http://bit.ly/8zozJX
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- Iodine to be added to bread. Will assist health of NT indigenous babies http://bit.ly/4pmtge
- Wurrimiyanga well Being Centre opened on Bathurst Island in Tiwis http://bit.ly/ybA5s
- Who should pay for morgues in remote aboriginal communities. Government or local shires? http://bit.ly/4cFE22
- MOORA Health Centre wins Royal Australian College of General Practitioners WA General Practice of the Year Award http://bit.ly/3Q1cFw
- Cannabis used in Australia by more than 8 per cent of adults . Indigenous affected & causes mental health problems http://bit.ly/1PonTL
- Extra $153000 to continue roll out of Central Australian Integrated Eye Health Project. http://bit.ly/M44Oz
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