Dispensary Corner

NEW research from the University of Regina in the USA suggests that one way to rehabilitate chronic alcoholics might be to shout them a couple of cans of beer.

The premise behind the harm reduction study is to create a managed alcohol program for addicts - particularly the extreme cases where people will even consume non-beverage alcohol, like mouthwash & hand sanitiser.

“Addiction needs to be treated more like a medical issue...and meet people where they’re at without requiring abstinence,” said one of the study’s authors Nicholas Olson. BALLOONS are said to generally make children feel better when they are sick, however, recently a group of kids in San Francisco found the colourful party items the cause of their ill-health.

A 13-year-old boy inadvertently brought balloons full of cocaine to his school last week, resulting in 13 kids being exposed to the drug and two becoming disorientated.

Thankfully, all the children affected officially tested negative to the drug.

School officials assumed the white powdery substance to be flour at first, but called the authorities when kids started to become dizzy.

Teachers said they were relieved no child got hurt, and we also suspect they were impressed with how fast the kids mowed through their class work that day.