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An editorial is presented on nerve conduction and peripheral neurophysiology clinics seeing an assortment of patients. Topics include increasing number of young patients encountered with subacute, peripheral sensorimotor deficits with or without neuropsychiatric complications due to excessive inhaled nitrous oxide (N2O) use; and rarer being asphyxiation and frostbite injuries from cooling discharging N2O cylinders.

In September 2012, a group known as Australia 21 called for a rethink on the prohibition against illegal drugs. If the response from Australian Federal, State, and Territory Governments is any guide, the call fell on deaf ears. In recent years, even scholarly debate about the merits of prohibition appears to have subsided. This paper acknowledges that social and financial costs of the prohibition against illegal drugs but argues that prohibition also prevents a great deal of harm. The multifarious nature of drug-related harm and the differences between people in the weight assigned to various harms makes it impossible say what policy best minimizes drug-related harm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article mentions general practice case notes from the High Court and Federal Courts in Australia, as of July 2014. Topics discussed include decision of the High Court in Attorney-General (NT) v. Emmerson case on the Misuse of Drugs Act and Criminal Property Forfeiture Act in Northern Territory, decision of the Federal Court in the SPI PowerNet Pty. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Taxation case on income tax and decision of the Federal Court in Smith v. Repatriation Commission case on repatriation.