"For most people with #ADHD, Ritalin, a stimulant, offers a paradoxical sense of calm. It boosts the level of dopamine in the brain and offers the chance to focus and deal with things.
... #Ritalin [methylphenidate] is not, however, a silver bullet and nor is the typical second-line medication, dexamphetamine... Some people find what [Sophie] Knight called the 'singular piercing beam of attention' created by medication untenable and choose to stop."
#RussellBrown, #NZListener, May 6-12, 2023
Jeez... Russell Brown got caught by phone scammers. There are an increasing number of scams floating about at the moment. Be extra careful out there, people.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/worst-two-hours-my-life-tech-whizz-hit-scammers
Hey, America!
#RussellBrown announced he's stepping down as a #justice of #Canada's #SupremeCourt effective immediately—a move that comes aftr #CanadianJudicialCouncil (CJC) began probing a claim o #misconduct directed against Brown related 2 an incident in the #US
Brown's decision to step down from Canada's top court means the #CJC's investigation of an alleged alcohol-fuelled incident in #Arizona will come 2 an end w/o any report on the matter.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/russell-brown-supreme-court-justice-resigns-1.6873402
Russell Brown announced Monday he's stepping down as a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada effective immediately — a move that comes after the Canadian Judicial Council began probing a claim of misconduct directed against Brown related to an incident in the U.S.
In a landmark ruling on voyeurism issued Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada has restored the conviction of a British Columbia sports coach who took pictures of his players in a hockey dressing room.
"Voters in Oregon opted last year to decriminalise the personal use and possession of all drugs – and, in place of criminal prosecution, to fund new drug health services out of the burgeoning revenue from legalised cannabis. The state assembly in Massachusetts has introduced a bill to do the same and you will see other states follow in the months ahead."
- #RussellBrown, April 2021
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-04-2021/littles-inaction-is-absurd-new-zealand-needs-drug-law-reform-now/
#DrugLawReform #Decriminalization #LegalCannabis #Oregon #Massachusetts
The health minister's stonewalling of any attempt to fix our woeful drug laws doesn't only fly in the face of overseas trends, but what's currently happening in and around our own parliament. Yesterday, more than two dozen health and social service organisations, including the NZMA, the Public He
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