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Social Media Is as Harmful as Alcohol and Drugs for Millennials
Baby boomers preferred drugs and alcohol, but the younger generation are ruining their health with social media.
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ATMs Dispense More Than Money: The Dirt and Dope That’s on Your Cash
What's on your cash? Studies show our money carries everything from pet DNA and old food to E.coli and traces of cocaine.
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Pot With Patents Could Plant the Seeds of Future Lawsuits
The federal government outlaws marijuana, but many states are legalizing it. Coupled with the growing number of cannabis-related patents, the potential for court battles is dizzying.
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How Big Pharma Is Hindering Treatment of the Opioid Addiction Epidemic
The number of people dying from opioid overdose continues to rise, in part because of cheap street drugs. Yet the price of a drug used to treat addiction is out of reach for many.
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Three-Quarters of Americans Are Self-Medicating Pain
America is in the middle of a pain epidemic, we need to stop stigmatizing those who are suffering.
View ArticleNew York City Sues Big Pharma for $500 Million Over Opioid Epidemic
The city says Big Pharma created the opioid epidemic and needs to pay for the damage it has caused.
View ArticleIs New York on Its Way to Legalizing Marijuana?
Advocates say New York is inching closer to marijuana legalization but are divided on whether the governor will play a role in making that happen.
View ArticleKirsten Gillibrand Signs Onto Cory Booker’s Marijuana Legalization Bill
Both New Jersey's governor and that state's junior senator have their eyes on legal weed.
View ArticleTrump Praises German Shepherds as ‘Greatest’ Border Security Equipment
The president said dogs do "a better job than $400 million worth of equipment."
View ArticleWhy Magic Mushrooms Are The Next Big Booming (and Legal!) Drug Market
At this point, marijuana and psychedelics both have been accepted by most in the medical community as robust treatment options for patients.
View ArticleNew Magic Mushrooms Could Fix Depression, Addiction, Epilepsy, and More
A psilocybin-like drug targeting specific receptors in just the right amount could be an effective treatment for opiate addiction as well as eating disorders—two conditions that the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Don’t Romanticize Amy Winehouse’s Life, Death, or Her Music
Amy Winehouse’s final album, Back to Black turns 10 today, and the tributes are rolling in. The Atlantic went first with this poetic homage, concluding that “the power that lies in hearing Back to...
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NOFX Fight America’s Most Dangerous Drug Dealers—Big Pharma
Michael “Fat Mike” Burkett has never been one to shy away from controversy. As frontman of NOFX, the L.A. punk band he formed in 1983, he’s practically made a career out of it. Whether talking or...
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The US Has Slowed the Pace of Drug Approval and It’s Costing Lives
More than 30,000,000 Americans live with any one of over 7,000 rare and often devastating genetic diseases. This week, in observance of the 10th Anniversary of Rare Disease Day, millions of people...
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Scott Gottlieb for FDA Is a Big Win for Science
My daughter Megan and I were honored to attend as special guests of President Trump for his address two weeks ago to a Joint Session of Congress. We are grateful beyond words for his commitment to...
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COVID Is Killing the Cocaine Market, But People Are Smoking More Weed
Boring and terrifying, the endless tedium of the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered shifts in many Americans’ substance-use habits—and mostly for the worse. But at least in New York, COVID-19 has cut...
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John Swab Made ‘Body Brokers’ After He Met Real Drug-Rehab Scam Artists
Since the trailer for John Swab’s Body Brokers came out, people from all over the United States have been reaching out to him, some anonymously, thanking him for shedding light on the dark and...
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CBD Could Be A Key to Treating Addiction Long-Term, Studies Show
Cannabidiol, the supremely popular cannabis compound touted as a general wellness cure-all known as CBD, may be effective in treating cocaine addiction, according to recent research. Unlike dependence...
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Pop Psych: ‘High Maintenance’ Shows How Your Dealer is Raising Your Kids
Pop Psych: Where we ask a real psychotherapist to delve into the mindsets of our favorite pop culture characters. As a therapist, there might not be any show currently running that I like more than...
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City Mourns Loss of FDNY Battalion Chief in Bronx Explosion
Mayor Bill de Blasio, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro and Police Commissioner James O’Neill mourned the loss of FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahey in a Bronx explosion that started with a gas leak as...
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