Perhaps magic mushrooms really are magic. In fact, recent research suggests that shrooms could augment the openness of our personality, also effectively sticking a leg out to trip our brains before we lose our sense of openness that could occur as we age...
The Occupy Wall Street movement may do wonders in fighting outlandish bouts of capitalism on the upper echelons of society, but it got me thinking about egregious waste on our own ground, right here within the 99%...
Continuing in my recent vein, I’m still wondering about the intricacies of drug education. I started perusing decades’ worth of drug education campaigns, only to be heartily amused by these videos...and wondering if we’ve advanced much...
The idea of drugs tunneling their way through the brain, worms to the mind's apple, is a frequent metaphor I hear. I wrote on the topic for Discovery's Curiosity and resurfaced it to prepare material for drug education talks with high schoolers...
According to recent headlines, we might be poisoning ourselves and our kids with pain pills, yet we’re afraid to tell doctors we’re depressed. Anti-depressants are the second most prescribed kind of medication in the U.S., and an estimated one in 10 Americans reports suffering from depression...
Last week, a reader sent me a note: “I wish I could understand what it [addiction] feels like.” For you, dear reader, in the best way I know how to explain: It’s hard to confess that I have a problem with sleep, but I do...
Last week at an open and lush Midtown East coffee shop, I met a stranger, a chance Twitter connection. This well-dressed, petite, dark-haired woman somehow recognized me when I was still half a block away, her clasped hands in front of her glimpsing into a wave...
Addiction whispers 'sexy' on film. Who wouldn’t want to help a boyfriend with a drug problem? Take a bad girl home to shock the folks? Run with a risky crowd?
Let me start by saying that I’m admittedly an economics fan. So much so that I nearly threw away my science and writing training and ran off into the sunset for an economics PhD.
We all have favorite metropolises across the U.S., romantic or un-romantic notions of what certain cities hold in our mind’s eye: San Francisco for its bridges and climate, Detroit for its cars and manufacturing, New York for its theatre and art...
“I took X. I took X! We were out on the town, and it was wild,” so said an Australian acquaintance of mine after returning from a night on the town with her husband for an entertainment industry premiere...
"I took X. I took X! We were out on the town, and it was wild," so said an Australian acquaintance of mine after returning from a night on the town with her husband for an entertainment industry premiere...
Chemistry is at the brunt of it all, isn’t it? Addiction, the sinuous, stealthy disease is controlled by neurochemicals. Simple as that. You’re an addict or you’re not.
It was Harry’s fault, really. Before Harry, hemp had been a Mexico-America border problem. After Harry, hemp became marijuana and marijuana became illegal.
