Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch is a novel by American writer William S. Burroughs, originally published in 1959. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in...
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This is your brain on drugs
This Is Your Brain on Drugs was a large-scale US anti-narcotics campaign by Partnership for a Drug-Free America launched in 1987.
Adolf on speed
German writer Norman Ohler’s astonishing account of methamphetamine addiction in the Third Reich changes what we know about the second world war. His book: The Total Rush – or, to use its superior English title, Blitzed – which...
Self arrest on drugs
Psychedelic facts Psychedelic drugs such as LSD or magic mushrooms have been used for centuries to promote an altered state of mind, especially in tribal and spiritual communions. Psychedelic substances are applauded by some...
The Vietnam War in 13 minutes
The Vietnam War is the commonly used name for the Second Indochina War, 1954–1975. Usually it refers to the period when the United States and other members of the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)...
Woman kills 10 and serves corpse at BBQ
An Indiana woman who injected her husband with a lethal dose of heroin before smothering him with a pillow may be responsible for nine other deaths — and is suspected of serving her lover’s...
How do drugs affect the brain?
Most people will take a pill, receive an injection, or otherwise take some kind of medicine during their lives. But most of us don’t know anything about how these substances actually work. How can...
The neuroscience of addiction
Neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes the case that addiction isn’t a disease at all, although it has been recently branded as such. [Via:The Royal Institution]
Study proves ‘muscle memory’ exists at a DNA level
A study led by researchers at Keele University has shown for the first time that human muscles possess a ‘memory’ of earlier growth – at the DNA level. Periods of skeletal muscle growth are...
Ecstasy pill sculptures
Award-winning sculptor Daniel David is selling giant stone sculptures of ecstasy pills, some commanding prices of up to £1,000 (1140€). The Norwich-based artist creates the sculptures out of white Portland stone or pink Locharbriggs...
