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A monk once asked his teacher why his thoughts felt muddled. The teacher gave him a jar of cloudy water and told him to put it on the table. Hours later the sediment had settled, and the water was clear. That clarity requires stillness, is a simple lesson, so relevant today. Every society eventually realises its children are growing up differently from the generation before; for Korea, that moment is now. The change has not arrived quietly; it has come through handphones, alg

I wrote this paper in 2012 - today it seems more relevant... Seeking Relevance? Here I look at the stigma of dangerousness attached to those with mental illness. I recognise there are a wide range of mental illnesses, all of which are beyond the parameters of this document which has a slight emphasis on schizophrenia. The discussion will introduce a number of serious crimes and show how those committed by mentally ill offenders’ have been sensationalised and how one mentally

It should be every parent’s right to die before their children, yet too often, they are denied this natural order. In cases of homicide,...

The sexual exploitation of young white girls by predominantly Pakistani Muslim men in the UK has sparked debates about whether these perpetrators are driven by a sexual attraction to children (paedophilia) or are exploiting vulnerable young people due to other sociocultural or situational factors. Some of them may well be, but paedophiles generally operate individually due to the secretive and socially condemned nature of their actions. While in-person group activity is uncom

Believe it or not, there is quite a strong lobby to legalise/decriminalise drugs in the UK; mostly marijuana; despite its clear links to mental illness. Tobacco companies are heavily invested in marijuana and some misguided politicians believe it could be a significant contributor to the exchequer. In the United States, a pattern exists in that those states which legalised medical marijuana, then went on to legalise recreational marijuana within a few years. Central ar

Drugs: The Dark Side, is a drugs information package originally written for companies concerned about the social normalisation of drug...

Another female sex offender, Alissa McCommon (38), being arrested in the United States this week, reminds us that we do not often hear of such cases in the UK. Is it because there are fewer cases, or because they are generally more difficult to detect? Females who are sexually attracted to children generally fall into one of three groups. The first is the individual who has a sexual interest in pre-pubescent children. She is not different from her male counterpart, who

The link between lung cancer and tobacco was established by British scientists in 1950. However, that did not result in safer cigarettes, it led to more aggressive marketing. One group targeted was pregnant women. The tobacco industry accepted that smoking during pregnancy resulted in “lower baby birth weight” i.e., smaller babies. Winston produced their “Win Win Win” slogan – “An easy labor, a slim baby, and the Full Flavor of Winston.” Philip Morris produced a brand c

All terrorist attacks in recent times have been committed by persons who were marijuana users. None of them have ever been linked to any known terrorist organisation. If we consider two British born "terrorists", Salmen Abedi (Manchester Arena (Ariana Grande) attack), and Khalid Masood (Westminster Bridge - murder of a police officer); both were popular kids in school, liked football and in the case of Masood, academically gifted. However, they both followed a similar

Young people death data... This was a great lecture on Heroin using, Drugs: The Dark Side course materials. In one section I introduced the England & Wales Death Data which clearly shows a rise in mortality in people between the ages of 40 and 70, which suggests people turning to illicit drugs as a form of pain management, as the NHS reduces Opioid prescriptions to avert the addiction crisis we see in the US. Other deaths in this demographic will include Generation X; t

An article in the weekend's Independent reported on the worst fears of parents as their kids go back to school... Peer Pressure came in...

Drugs: The Dark Side, is a drugs information package originally written for companies concerned about the social normalisation of drug...

ADHD – MARIJUANA & VIOLENCE People with ADHD, can be attracted to marijuana, because they believe it helps them better manage symptoms of anxiety, without the prescription medication. ADHD brains have lower levels of dopamine, thus the over-release of dopamine created by marijuana, will appear to compensate the shortfall. A 2018 article in the Guardian Newspaper stated that almost 75,000 children, aged between six and 17, had received ADHD drugs in England, in 2017/18.