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October 9, 2014 Rhett Jones

Damien Hirst has a show of new work up in London that’s comprised entirely of giant pills. If that sounds like you’ve heard it before, it’s probably because he’s known for doing pill cabinet sculptures as much as he’s known for dead animals in formaldehyde and making colored spots. But these are BIG pills. Those were LITTLE […]

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September 9, 2014 Backdoor Pharmacist

To tackle the epidemic of prescription drug abuse, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced Monday that it will allow consumers to return prescription drugs — like opioid painkillers — to the pharmacy for disposal. Prior to this, the only legal options you had at home were flushing them or mixing them with cat litter or […]

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January 6, 2014 Andy Cush

Perfect pitch–the ability to identify a musical note without any context–is something of a golden egg among musicians. You either have it or you don’t, and if you do, you’ve got a serious leg up on the competition (especially if you’re a singer or play jazz or classical music). If you don’t, it’s generally been […]

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January 15, 2013 Andy Cush

In an effort to curb New York’s out-of-control prescription drug market, Ray Kelly and the NYPD are considering a radical new plan: embedding “bait bottles” with GPS tracking devices, then hiding them among regular stock at pharmacies. If a pill thief lifts the bait bottle, the thinking goes, cops will be able to track it […]

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