Author Marie Lee explains how cannabis eases symptoms of chronic pain and autism in her 9-year-old son. In three parts: 1, 2, 3.
Oh and happy 4/20.
[via:Randi Harper]
20 April 2010
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5 December 2009
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30 October 2009
NY Times: Drug Trading Brother of Afghan Leader Said to Be Paid by C.I.A.
“Ahmed Wali Karzai [...] a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years [...] The C.I.A.’s practices also suggest that the United States is not doing everything in its power to stamp out the lucrative Afghan drug trade, a major source of revenue for the Taliban.”
[via:No Agenda]
27 October 2009
23 October 2009
Confessions of an Opium-Seeker
Follow Nick Tosches on his obsessive journey towards finding just the right kind of almost extinct venue to smoke opium in.
19 September 2009
British doctor faces action over claims of ‘ghost writing’ for US drug company
Doctors have been agreeing to be named as authors on studies written by employees of the pharmaceutical industry, giving greater credibility to medical research, according to new evidence.
The Guardian has learned that one of Britain’s leading bone specialists is facing disciplinary action over accusations that he was involved in “ghost writing”.
22 August 2009
Trends In Afghan Drug Lord Spending
In which we also learn about “narcotecture”, the glamorous, kitschy architecture taste of the top drug traders.
[via:Hacker News]
