Tag: Drugs
With Electric Zoo in the news and people all over the city talking about bad Molly, I think it’s time for some harm reduction. STOP EATING SO MUCH FUCKING MOLLY. Many drugs have non-linear pharmacokinetics. That may mean 20mg is not twice as strong as 10mg, it may be 4 times or even stronger. Other […]
Cops busted the Bronx’s hardest-partying day care this week, turning up 1,000 oxycodone pills, tens of thousands of dollars in cash, guns, and at least a kilo of cocaine at Parkchester’s Fun World Childcare. Three hundred grams of that coke was stuffed into what looked like a kid’s lunchbox. Gregorio Hanley and Johanna Vasquez, the married, […]
Insomnia is New York. New York is insomnia. We have a 24/7 metro system, last call at 4am, and 24hr restaurants everywhere. Leave the office, stay up all night and catch a cab, because in a few hours, it’s time to get to the office and start it all over again. But you toss and […]
Beyond Bushwick, farther out than Bed-Stuy… There’s peyote. The New York Times investigates, as imagined by the Printed Internet. […]
Ambien or zolpidem is a prescription hypnotic of the imidazopyridine class. It is the chemical relative of Sonata (zaleplon), Imovane (zopiclone) and Lunesta (eszopiclone). Colloquially, these nonbenzodiazepine drugs are referred to as “Z-drugs” and are some of the most commonly prescribed “oh just go to bed already” drugs. The Z-drugs work their magic via potentiating […]
I’m going to skip the talk of the horrors of methamphetamine addiction, and the general weirdness of the fact that a rehab locator service (yep, that’s a thing) is using a meme-y photobooth-style app to illustrate them, and just say this: if you’re a Breaking Bad fan (or otherwise) who’s always secretly wondered what you’d […]
Have you done LSD, psilocybin or mescaline? You are no more likely to exhibit symptoms of mental illness or find yourself in mental health treatment, says a new study from Norway. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine psychiatry department psychologist Matthew W. Johnson says, There seems to be no evidence of overall negative impact — and even some […]
Here’s a quick survey of how filmmakers throughout the years have depicted the simple act of smoking a joint, ripping a bong, or perhaps sniffing up some of Columbia’s finest blow. The above “supercut” provides several useful and amusing insights into societies’ overall perceptions about any particular drug, while at the same time remaining just […]
Cocaine use has long been associated with keeping users/addicts on the thin side (really thin side). Science has often mostly attributed this to cocaine’s appetite-suppressing effects. However, a new study recently published by four neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge suggests otherwise. The paper goes into detail of the food habits of cocaine-addicted men: They had initially reported eating more […]
“My aim to come to Europe was to further my education. Not to be selling or be in this scene,” Patrick says, waving off the benches of Senegalese and Gambians weed dealers lounging around Görlitzer Park. “I’m getting older every day of my life. If I continue to be in this park, as time goes on, […]
