Could A Club Drug Offer ‘Almost Immediate’ Relief From Depression?

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NPR reports on the use of Ketamine to treat acute depression.

Why Are Teens Smoking More Pot and Cutting Down on Alcohol and Cigarettes?

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Marijuana use rises among teens as perception of it’s harm shifts, AlterNet’s Kristen Gwynne reports.

How My Childhood Heroes Led Me to A Life Of Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll

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All hail Marx and Lennon!

The Girl Is the New Drug

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An old, flesh-based business model for the modern “bad guy.”

Did Addiction Politics Leave Us Stranded on a Slippery Slope?

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We misunderstood sex addiction for years, Gary Wilson and Marnia Robinson write, and now it’s time to reverse the momentum.

Legalize Sex (and Everything Else)

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The legalization of sex, drugs, and gambling would help remedy these industries by bringing them into the spotlight, Tom Matlack argues.

He Has A Gun

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Jeremy Adam Smith’s son asked, “Did they get the bad guys?” Turns out, that was a really difficult question to answer.

Ain’t That America

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Is there any better way to celebrate our great nation’s birth than to shoot off some fireworks, call the cops on yourself, and get locked in a police van?

Amy Winehouse and the Big Lie

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I am not a musician. Nor am I famous. I’m just this guy who had the opportunity to slay a similar demon and continue living. And I was twenty-seven when it happened.

Franklin and Bash-athon VI

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This week on ‘Franklin and Bash’: things get confusing.

Drug-Addled Troubadours

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Musicians make the wrong pharmaceutical and relationship choices in this week’s Dudes in the News.

The Monster Inside Me

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Depression has a bottomless appetite for destruction, and it almost destroyed David Perez.

My Son, in Prison

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What do you do when your son ends up in jail, 1000 miles away?

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CORMORANTS FICTION

“I removed his arm. ‘I’m a whiskey girl. You know that.’” By Lam Pham

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The 10 at 10

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Barry Bonds walks again, BYU is in trouble, and living rooms are becoming extinct.

The 10 at 10

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Clooney hangs out with Berlusconi, Denny’s puts bacon on ice cream, and the greatest rivalry in sports.