Policy Development Committee/Handy links

Topic	Title	Source	URL	Description
Vaccinations	Dear parents, you are being lied to.	Violent metaphors	http://violentmetaphors.com/2014/03/25/parents-you-are-being-lied-to/	Lots of links to studies and articles on vaccination
Education	Does Porn Hurt Children?	New York Times	http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/sunday-review/does-porn-hurt-children.html?_r=0	Links education with attitudes to pornography
Climate change	How climate change will acidify the oceans	BBC Magazine	http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26746039	Effects of climate change
Drugs	MDMA and the “Ecstasy Paradigm”	Journal of Psychoactive Drugs	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.2014.878148?journalCode=ujpd20&#.UztvmbS0s18	Discusses incorrect assumptions surrounding MDMA and ecstasy use.
Energy	One-Third of Texas Was Running On Wind Power This Week	Motherboard	http://motherboard.vice.com/read/one-third-of-texas-was-running-on-wind-power	Record-breaking power generation from wind in Texas
Drugs	Cancer patient jailed over cannabis	Oncology Update	http://www.oncologyupdate.com.au/latest-news/cancer-patient-jailed-over-cannabis	59 year old SA cancer patient sentenced to two years minimum for cannabis posession.
Pharmaceuticals	Antiviral drug stockpile a waste of money, says study	Sydney Morning Herald	http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/antiviral-drug-stockpile-a-waste-of-money-says-study-20140410-zqt3i.html#ixzz2yUi6gGzs	Australia stockpiles pharmaceuticals with underwhelming effects.
Energy	Global solar dominance in sight as science trumps fossil fuels	The Telegraph (UK)	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/10755598/Global-solar-dominance-in-sight-as-science-trumps-fossil-fuels.html	Discusses massive growth in solar over fossil fuels