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MOJO wire: The Drug War Comes to the Rez

Alex White Plume planted a field full of industrial-gradehemp, in an attempt to bring his family and community out of poverty. The DEA didn’t agree andcut down his "field of dreams"Looks like another example of the US Government’s two-faced relationship with Indian communities.

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Posted on 21st February 2001 Details

BBC news: S Club 7 appeal to fans

Whatunbelievable hypocrisy! Marketing… argh.

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Posted on 22nd March 2001 Details

We deliver!

No more trips to Holland or you local dealer. Just surf on over towe deliverand discover another facet of e-commerce. Can things get stranger?

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Posted on 3rd April 2001 Details

Nando Times: 'Ravers' try to improve social image

The "raves equal drugs" scenario repeats itself all over the world, but a group of Florida ravers aretrying to educate their fellow party-goersabout drugs and safe sex by spreading the word when bad drugs are circulating and passing out condoms at raves. The cynic in me doesn’t think it’ll make much of a difference, but good luck to them all the same.

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Posted on 4th April 2001 Details

Raves: all-night dance parties of death

Beware of raves, theall-night dance parties of death.  Some good tips in there, like how to get rid of DJ whores.

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Posted on 4th June 2001 Details

Tintin et les psychotropes

Altered states in the world of Hergé:Tintin and the psychotropics.

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Posted on 20th June 2001 Details

New Scientist: Secrets of an acid head

The brain makes patterns when it goes unstable, and that’s what you see when you’retripping on LSD.

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Posted on 21st June 2001 Details

The Economist: The case for legalisation

The Economist makes a good case for thelegalization of drugs.

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Posted on 27th July 2001 Details

Chatmaster 3000 (shockwave plugin necessary)

Chatmaster 3000is a shockwave chat room to play in if you’re on some kind of mind altering substance. I feel dizzy after spending just 5 minutes in there.(viamagnetbox)

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Posted on 25th September 2001 Details

La Libre: Des enveloppes suspectes en Belgique

Suspicious envelopes containing powder have beendiscovered in Brusselstoo, none of them tested positive for anthrax. What I’d like to know is if any of them, here and in the US, tested positive as a recreational drug. I’m amazed nothing’s been said about it, I’m sure the good old white rabbit is involved here.

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Posted on 13th October 2001 Details

AlterNet: More Collateral Damage in the Terrorism War

Help the northern alliance in Afghanistan -increase the flow of drugs to America.

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Posted on 16th October 2001 Details

Yahoo News: Loud 'Rave' Music Could Boost Meth Brain Damage

A strange one for the drug files: mice subjected to high-decibel dance music and the drug methamphetamine getmore brain damage. I wonder if you don’t have to be brain-damaged to want to use speed anyway.(thanks, c-drik)

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Posted on 4th November 2001 Details

Intrepid Trips

Sad news: Merry prankster and authorKen Keseyhas passed away at age 66.

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Posted on 11th November 2001 Details

Excite: Larry Hagman Has Visions Good, Bad

Larry "J.R." Hagman talks about hisacid experiences.(via the always excellentpopbitch)

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Posted on 15th November 2001 Details

Wired: Getting the FDA Hooked on Ecstasy

Members of MAPS are putting together the first FDA-approved human study in 16 years of usingEcstasy as a therapy aidefor psychological disorders.

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Posted on 11th December 2001 Details

Stuff: Trio ate ecstasy-laced chocolates

If you get a box of chocolates in the mail, take them to a new year’s eve party and share them, they may have thatspecial extra touch.

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Posted on 31st December 2001 Details

NY Post: 'WTC' Drug Logo Smacks of Evil: Cops

WTC-branded heroin, now available from your local dealer.

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Posted on 12th January 2002 Details

NOLA: Judge throws out ban on rave gear

From the ridiculous department: A New Orleans judgehas ruledthatBanning pacifiers and glow sticks in an effort to curb drug use at all-night raves violates free speech and does not further the government’s war on drugs

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Posted on 7th February 2002 Details

Ananova: Pizza joint 'hid cocaine in crusts'

Hi, is that the pizza delivery service? I’ll have thecocaine specialplease.

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Posted on 7th February 2002 Details

myCFnow: 81-Year-Old Woman Charged With Smuggling Ecstasy

Old people, these days! An 81-year-old woman has been charged withsmuggling ecstasybetween the UK and the US.

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Posted on 24th February 2002 Details

DJ Mag: 'ELECTRONIC SNIFFER DOG' TRIALS BEGIN AT CLUB DOORS

Scary: police in the UK are testing anew electronic ‘sniffer dog’ devicethat can detect minute amounts of drugs on your hands. If all goes well, they could deploy them in nightclubs. The potential for false positives is very high, I’d say.(thanks KmD)

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Posted on 4th March 2002 Details

BBC News: Safety on the dancefloor

If you’re a UK DJ you’ll now have toregulate the beat of dance musicto help guard against overheating. There go gabber and breakcore…

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Posted on 7th March 2002 Details

Las Vegas Sun: Legal Hallucinogen Moves to Market

A new Mexican hallucinogen herb is gaining popularity:Salvia divinorum. More powerful than peyote, psylocybin mushrooms and many others. As of now, it’s still legal and available for sale online. Here’s adetailed information site.

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Posted on 11th March 2002 Details

ABC News: Schooled on Drugs

Experts in the US are urging parents toeducate themselveson the dangers of drugs so they can, in turn, educate their kids. After reading rubbish like‘If children are taking Ecstasy, for instance, they may start to clench their teeth a lot, and carry a baby pacifier or glow stick in their pocket.’I’d say there’s not much chance of that happening.

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Posted on 26th March 2002 Details

BBC News: Ancestors 'used drugs to survive'

New research from anthropologists suggests that mind-altering drugs are so popular because they were once used by our ancestorsfor survival.

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Posted on 31st March 2002 Details

Apple Switch Ad: Ellen Feiss (mirror - quicktime)

Reportedly, thisEllen Feiss switch adfrom Apple was like, uh, pulled because she was too, uh, stoned. Bummer!

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Posted on 21st July 2002 Details

BBC News: The weed and the web

A survey has shown 92% of workers in the IT industry haveused cannabis. More amusing is the fact that 22% in the teaching profession use it on a daily basis.

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Posted on 1st August 2002 Details

The Independent: Friendly fire deaths linked to US pilots 'on speed'

Better flying through chemistry, that’s whatthe US Air Forcethinks anyway.(thanks Olivier)

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Posted on 3rd August 2002 Details

Guardian: A dose of madness

How much LSD would it take tomake an elephant run amok?

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Posted on 14th August 2002 Details

Chicago Triune: Drive-up drug deals outlined

I’ll have a double whopper with cheese and a pack of Cocaine please. A Burger Kingwith a difference.

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Posted on 11th December 2002 Details

National Post: Grade 6 class taught to snort cocaine

I never got lessons onhow to snort cocainewhen I was at school.

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Posted on 16th December 2002 Details

BBC News: Woman 'pulled own teeth' out

How did I miss this when it hit the news in November? A woman in the UK, high on GHBpulled out her own teethto get at a luminous green and pink fly down in her throat.

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Posted on 10th January 2003 Details

Swissinfo: LSD turns 60

Happy BirthdayLSD!

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Posted on 17th April 2003 Details

BBC News: Sampling the Kalahari cactus diet

A Kalahari cactus that kills the appetite and attacks obesity couldmake local bushmen rich. And a few people high from the sounds of it…

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Posted on 5th June 2003 Details

Ananova: Cheese can be as addictive as morphine

Thisexplains my cheddar addiction.

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Posted on 10th June 2003 Details

Rocky Mountain News: Drug check on signpost up ahead?

Colorado police cannot setup narcotics checkpoints, but they canpretend.

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Posted on 21st August 2003 Details

Wired: Ecstasy Study Botched, Retracted

A study on the dangers of ecstasy hasbeen invalidatedbecause the researchers used speed instead!

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Posted on 9th September 2003 Details

Japander: Van Damme

Putting “Lost in Translation” into perspective: western stars like our very ownJean-Claude Van Dammeor evenThe Simpsonsstar in Japanese TV commercials.

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Posted on 8th June 2004 Details

There’s a drug formula for turning people into zom...

There’s a drug formula for turning people into zombies. It’s allegedly used in Haiti.

Linked on 17th August 2006 Details

Sarah Champion investigates the rave scene that’s ...

Sarah Champion investigates the rave scene that’s still going strong in the UK countryside. Ah memories…

Linked on 27th August 2006 Details

“Leary's pitches for psychedelics oversold their b...

“Leary's pitches for psychedelics oversold their benefits just as the media's scare stories oversold their dangers”

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Posted on 3rd November 2006 Details

That story I posted about Timothy Leary yesterday ...

That story I posted about Timothy Leary yesterday reminded me of a documentary I had in my archives. I’ve now uploaded it, enjoy...

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Posted on 4th November 2006 Details

“psychologists discovered that children aged 6 to ...

“psychologists discovered that children aged 6 to 8 respond to the image of a television as alcoholics do to pictures of drink”

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Posted on 9th November 2006 Details

Why people don't change even when faced with overwhelming evidence

An interesting article that goes some way into explaining why people don't change even when faced with overwhelming evidence they're heading at full speed towards an unstable if not deadly future.

Linked on 9th December 2006 Details

An interesting article that goes some way into exp...

An interesting article that goes some way into explaining why people don’t change even when faced with overwhelming evidence they’re heading at full speed towards an unstable if not deadly future.

Linked on 9th December 2006 Details

No drugs, no alcohol, no bikes......

No drugs, no alcohol, no bikes...

Linked on 4th March 2007 Details

Tobacco and alcohol are more dangerous than LSD. N...

Tobacco and alcohol are more dangerous than LSD. Not really a surprise, the difference is they can ruin lives and kill people with an official seal.

Linked on 23rd March 2007 Details

The new brain-boosting smart drugs....

The new brain-boosting smart drugs.

Linked on 14th May 2007 Details

Junk food may be addictive in the same way as hero...

Junk food may be addictive in the same way as heroin or cocaine. Laboratory rats will endure painful electric shocks to satisfy their craving for high-calorie snacks.

Linked on 29th March 2010 Details

Junk food may be addictive in the same way as heroin or cocaine.

Junk food may be addictive in the same way as heroin or cocaine. Laboratory rats will endure painful electric shocks to satisfy their craving for high-calorie snacks.

Linked on 29th March 2010 Details