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| Diana Rands from CADS.. |
Diana (Di) Rands is the lively Gay Communities Trainer/Project Worker at CADS. Since 2006 she has been writing a column in the monthly Express Magazine.
To contact Di, click on Email Us Now, choose 'Information only'.
Here are some of Di's past Express columns:
2010
- Pondering on...Pot! - Di from CADS [9 August 2010]
- When your loved ones have a substance use problem... - Di from CADS [27 July 2010]
- Think you are going out of your mind? Check it out online! - Di from CADS [14 July 2010]
- Online eye-openers - Di from CADS [16 June 2010]
- Gambling - Di from CADS [19 May 2010]
- More hidden dangers! - Di from CADS [5 May 2010]
- Beware the hidden dangers! - Di from CADS [21 Apr 2010]
- Looking After Our Taonga - Di from CADS [7 Apr 2010]
- Only when I’m drunk... - Di from CADS [10 March 2010]
- Alcohol and weight loss – not a good combo... - Di from CADS [10 Feb 2010]
- Don’t get fried this summer! - Di from CADS [27 Jan 2010]
2009
- Don’t let fear of the first step put you off! - Di from CADS [12 August 2009]
- Old... “alcky” and queer! - Di from CADS [29 July 2009]
- Frontline addiction services: Addicts curable if society will make the commitment - Di from CADS [17 June 2009]
- Collateral Damage – the 'loved ones' of people with substance use problems - Di from CADS [3 June 2009]
- Making the Call - Di from CADS [12 May 2009]
- It ain’t easy being...queer! - Di from CADS [22 Apr 2009]
- Three years on...time to reflect! - Di from CADS [8 Apr 2009]
- Could you be low in serotonin? - Di from CADS [25 Mar 2009]
- Do you have a spending addiction? - Di from CADS [11 Mar 2009]
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! - Di from CADS [25 Feb 2009]
2008
- P is NOT Pure - Di from CADS [19 Nov 2008]
- Reflecting on the National Alcohol, Drug & Addiction Treatment Conference – Cutting Edge - Di from CADS [16 Sep 2008]
- LSD (Acid, Trips, Tabs, A) - Di from CADS [Sep 2008]
- Ketamine – Trick or treat? - Di from CADS [Sep 2008]
- Steroids Part 1 of 2 - Di from CADS [Aug 2008]
- Steroids Part 2 of 2 - Di from CADS [Aug 2008]
- How Change Happens - Di from CADS [2 Jul 2008]
- CADS Auckland is a Safe Place - Di from CADS [17 Jun 2008]
- Alcohol intoxication – not necessary to have a gay ole time! - Di from CADS [3 Jun 2008]
- Energy Tonics – the 'new generation' party pills - Di from CADS [3 Jun 2008]
- Intervention is prevention says visiting US professor - Di from CADS [9 May 2008]
- Impulse control – lets all take charge! - Di from CADS [23 Apr 2008]
- Cannabis and driving - Di from CADS [21 Apr 2008]
- Does Wacky Backy make ya wacky? - Di from CADS [21 Apr 2008]
- Drink Spiking - Di from CADS [21 Apr 2008]
- GHB - Di from CADS [9 Apr 2008]
- CADSonline – helping you make the connection - Di from CADS [13 Feb 2008]
- Opiate Dependence - David from CADS [30 Jan 2008]
- Had enough? - Di from CADS [16 Jan 2008]
2007
- Celebrating Our Trans Communities - Di from CADS [16 Dec 2007]
- Let's be... Evidence Based! - Di from CADS [16 Dec 2007]
- The Methamphetamine (P) Epidemic – some essential info - Di from CADS [16 Dec 2007]
- 'P' stands for...pleasure - Di from CADS [16 May 2007]
- Di from CADS on everything you need to know about withdrawing from drugs [28 Mar 2007]
- Di Rands from CADS wonders ‘have the pokies got a hold of you?’ [14 Mar 2007]
- Di Rands from CADS invites us all to indulge in the simpler pleasures of life [28 Feb 2007]
- Breaking the Grip - Di from CADS [17 Jan 2007]
2006
- CADS is a safe place - Di from CADS [20 Dec 2006]
- The Silly Season - Summer Express Article - Di from CADS [6 Dec 2006]
- Got the Benzo Blues? - Di from CADS [8 Nov 2006]
- Feeling Down? - Di from CADS [25 Oct 2006]
- Caring for our community. It is time to pull finger! - Di from CADS [11 Oct 2006]
- Txt-a-drug info service – ‘Get the Msg’ - Di from CADS [13 Sep 2006]
- Time for a Change? - Di from CADS [30 Aug 2006]
- Addicted to...chocolate? - Di from CADS [16 Aug 2006]
- When does too much of a good thing...become a bad thing??? - Di from CADS [16 Aug 2006]
- New Detox Clinic to Help Beat Drug and Alcohol Dependence [20 Jul 2006]
- Opiates - Di from CADS on Opiates and reducing harm [19 Jul 2006]
- "STOP! I wanna get off!" Di from CADS on planning for a successful withdrawal [21 Jun 2006]
- Di from CADS on mindfulness [24 May 2006]
- CADS 845-1818 phone line celebrates first anniversary [17 May 2006]
- Drinking and Driving: Di from CADS gives some guidance [16 May 2006]
- Pop, Bang…Crash! Di talks about combining ‘poppers’ and Viagra [04 Apr 2006]
- Di’s word on that killer drug...Alcohol [04 Apr 2006]
- Di on Safer Partying [04 Apr 2006]
- Herbal Hoax – those ‘Herbal’ Party Pills [04 Apr 2006]
- Wanna know about drugs? [04 Apr 2006]
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