Archive for the ‘Health Censorship’ Category

Drug leaflet leaves parents choking on their own outrage

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Parents and newspapers are going bonkers over an educational drug pamphlet (pictured here) put out by the Sydney West Area Health Service (SWAHS). A pamphlet they say encourages drug use because it advises readers of some precautions to take should they choose to experiment with drugs. 'It's wrong. It shouldn't be ...

Peaceful Pill gets all clear in NZ, but not without a fight

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Right To Life New Zealand (RTLNZ) and the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards are spitting chips after the Revised International Edition of Dr Philip Nitschke's Peaceful Pill Handbook was approved by the countries OFLC providing it only be sold sealed to those over the age of eighteen. The original ...

Smoking on screen: Banned, R-rated?

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Simon Chapman, a Professor in Public Health at the University of Sydney who specialises in tobacco control, warns that many of his colleagues in the health profession are seeking to have smoking in films either ...