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Childhood trauma & addiction: the 4600% risk factor

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If you've suffered childhood trauma, you're 4600% more likely to become an injecting drug user than if you haven't....
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Chemicals and the good society

Published on: 30 March 2015

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Chasing the Scream, the talk

Published on: 28 March 2015

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The last days of the war on drugs - and how to bring them to pass. The video of the London open book event.
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Has being gay influenced my view of the war on drugs?

Published on: 1 March 2015

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Most gay people know what it’s like to have the uncomfortable feeling of being told that the experience you regard...
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The real cause of addiction has been discovered - and it's not what you think

Published on: 20 January 2015

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Addiction is the symptom of a social ill. Follow the science and you'll get to policy which is humane and actually works

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