New research shows that MDMA, the chemical compound found in the street drug ecstasy, may help adults with autism cope with the social anxiety often associated with the disorder. Charles Grob, M.D., and Alicia Danforth, Ph.D., researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, gave either …
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T he first time James Savage used meth it was to avoid shooting heroin. Back when he was 19, working as a baker in the remote town of Beluga, Alaska, Savage fell off a ladder, shattering the bones in his right foot. A camp medic gave him painkillers to cope …
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Bicycle Day is observed around the world on April 19th, though it’s not exactly a celebration of the bicycle. Instead, the international holiday honors the fortuitous trip made on a bicycle on the day Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann discovered the psychic effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide while riding home from …
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The second of two Canadian drug mules that documented their luxurious cocaine-smuggling journey on Instagram was sentenced to spend seven years in an Australian prison for her crimes. Melina Roberge, along with cohort Isabelle Lagace, were named “the worst cocaine smugglers of all time” when Rolling Stone profiled the pair …
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