THE drinking of alcohol in the bewitching hour (or the "It must be five o'clock somewhere" syndrome) has been shown to be associated with an individual's circadian rhythm, according to University of Adelaide researchers.
The study showed that mice's immune systems influence their desire to drink in the evening, when scientists managed to switch off the impulse by blocking the specific response in the mouse brain immune system.
Now published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity, this research is one of the first of its kind to show a link between the brain's immunity and the motivation to drink alcohol at night.
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SCHOOL children are the latest weapon in New Zealand's South Island war on growers of cannabis, according to local rag Marlbough Express.
Havelock School in the picturesque Marlborough Sounds has run a police appeal in its latest newsletter, just below the cross-country race results, urging teachers, parents and pupils to be "extra-vigilant as the cannabis-growing season approaches".
The newsletter also urges readers to look out for "people in the bush who do not look like they are hunting or tramping", a NZ term for bush-walking.
Latest health ministry figures say NZ has relatively high cannabis use (11%) across all age groups.
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