Tag: drugs
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The Strange Legacy of the Weird Fascination with the Occult in the 60s and 70s
Has the occult conquered the American imagination? If so, how? And who is responsible for it?
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After 13 years of U.S. Occupation, Afghanistan’s Opium Cultivation Hits Record Levels
from blacklistednews.com: Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose 36 per cent in 2013, a record high, according to the 2013 Afghanistan Opium Survey released today in Kabul by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and UNODC. Meanwhile, opium production amounted to 5,500 tons, up by almost a half since 2012. Calling the news “sobering”, Yury Fedotov, Executive…
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College Study Says Oreos Addictive As Drugs
If you’ve ever been unable to stop yourself from eating too many Oreo cookies, it may not be your fault.
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Nearly Every Mass Shooting In The Last 20 Years Shares One Thing In Common & It’s NOT Weapons
The overwhelming evidence points to the signal largest common factor in all of these incidents is the fact that all of the perpetrators were either actively taking powerful psychotropic drugs or had been at some point in the immediate past before they committed their crimes.
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Warning To All Pot Smokers In Colorado, Washington
Inhale while you can, my brothers and sisters, because Obama is already plotting how to re-criminalize your swag and nullify states’ rights.
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Opium Cultivation Rose This Year in Afghanistan, U.N. Survey
from nytimes.com: Opium poppy cultivation rose substantially in 2012 in an “alarming” trend, despite a major opium eradication effort by Afghan governors, United Nations officials said Tuesday as they released the organization’s 2012 opium survey, which was undertaken with the Afghan Ministry of Counternarcotics. The higher cultivation levels were driven by high prices for the…
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Empirical Data Confirm Autism Symptoms Related to Aluminum and Acetaminophen Exposure
from cryptogon.com: Via: Entropy: Abstract: Autism is a condition characterized by impaired cognitive and social skills, associated with compromised immune function. The incidence is alarmingly on the rise, and environmental factors are increasingly suspected to play a role. This paper investigates word frequency patterns in the U.S. CDC Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) database.…
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The Mexican Mormon War: Drug Cartels vs. Mormons
The Mexican drug cartels are at war… with Mormons. VICE founder Shane Smith went down to Ciudad Juárez, near the US border, to investigate this bizarre story. Here [is] our documentary filled with guns, drugs, murder, and Romneys.
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Why have Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Children Skyrocketed?
from mercola.com: Most of the atypical antipsychotics were approved in the 1990’s, at which time they were reserved for a very small minority of serious mental illnesses; primarily schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – diseases afflicting an estimated three percent of Americans. More recently, some atypical antipsychotics have also been approved for the treatment of severe…
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Portugal: Number of Drug Addicts Halved a Decade After Drug Decriminalization
Over a decade has passed since Portugal changed its philosophy from labeling drug users as criminals to labeling them as people affected by a disease. This time lapse has allowed statistics to develop and in time, has made Portugal an example to follow.
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#BingeAndPurge: Soft-Kill, Kept Secret and More
19 Ways Cancer Becomes the Ultimate Soft-Kill Operation // We Spend $20 Billion a Year to Fight Illegal Drugs, Yet Cocaine Is Cheaper Than It Was 30yrs Ago // Video: The Opium Origins of Skull & Bones // Squeeze 100% bacon paste from a tube // Federal Government Allows more than 250 Nonorganic Substances to…
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GlaxoSmithKline: Largest Case of Healthcare Fraud in U.S. History
from cryptogon.com: GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials said on Monday is the largest case of healthcare fraud in U.S. history. The agreement, which still needs court approval, would resolve allegations that the British drugmaker broke U.S. laws in the marketing…
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Are We Finally Reawakening to the Profound Healing Properties of Psychedelics?
from alternet.org: Slowly but surely, we may be reaching success in a determined and long-time legal effort to unleash the curative powers of psychedelic drugs in America. There is a tremendous need for alternative approaches to the existing models of drugs and therapy. But for years, scientific inquiry into the curative powers of psychedelic drugs…
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Blood Device Enters Arteries
The world of the insanely small is arriving. Practical applications may not even be obvious yet, but this is one of those moments in which you go build it and people will come.
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Glow in the dark sushi made from genetically modified fish becomes the latest food craze to hit America
from dailymail.co.uk: Sushi that glows in the dark has become the latest must try food craze across America. Inspired by genetically modified fish first bred for scientific research, a video showing how to make the glowing sushi has become a huge hit online. The recipes use glofish, a brand of genetically modified (GM) fluorescent zebrafish…