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What Reddit Can Tell Us About the Afterlives of Banned Olympic Drugs
We analyzed 150,000 comments to find that the Internet is still openly discussing these mind-bending stimulants
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How Drugged-Up Shellfish Help Scientists Understand Human Pollution
These involuntary medicine-guzzlers have much tell us about the consequences of pharmaceutical waste
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Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate Addiction
Doctors then, as now, overprescribed the painkiller to patients in need, and then, as now, government policy had a distinct bias
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Understanding the Doping Controversy That’s Hit Sled Dog Racing
Four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey’s dogs tested positive for banned substances, but Seavey claims it was sabotage
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Trump Declares the Opioid Crisis a Public Health Emergency. What Does That Mean?
Critics say that his plan falls short of the drastic—and costly—effort required to effectively combat the crisis
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A Speedy History of America’s Addiction to Amphetamine
In a startling parallel to today’s opioid crisis, the drugs were liberally—and legally—prescribed despite little information on safety
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Fifty Years Ago, a Rag-Tag Group of Acid-Dropping Activists Tried to “Levitate” the Pentagon
The March on the Pentagon to end the Vietnam War began a turning point in public opinion, but some in the crowd were hoping for a miracle
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How Getting Fish Hooked on Drugs Could Help Fight Opioid Addiction
Zebra fish and humans have similar pathways of addiction, which may make them ideal test subjects for addiction studies
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Scientists Unlock Magic Mushrooms’ Mysterious Chemical Compound
A new study has uncovered the enzymatic pathways that allow ‘shrooms to make psilocybin
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Prince Now Has His Own Shade of Purple
The Pantone Color Institute has debuted “Love Symbol #2,” a deep purple based on the late star’s custom-made piano
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Cocaine Is Destroying Forests in Central America
Once-forested lands are being used in money laundering operations
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What We Know About the CIA’s Midcentury Mind-Control Project
Project MKUltra began on this day in 1953 and continued for years
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U.S. Heroin Use Has Risen Dramatically Since 2001
White males under 45 are most likely to report using the drug
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Could Magic Mushrooms One Day Help Cancer Patients Face Down Death?
Two new studies show the promise of psilocybin for patients with anxiety and depression
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New Doping Tests Are Turning Past Runners-Up Into Olympic Medalists
Over 75 medal winners from the 2008 and 2012 games have been busted for doping, scrambling the Olympic record books
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Addict Ants Show That Insects Can Get Hooked on Drugs, Too
How researchers got a non-mammal hooked on drugs for the first time
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Streams Around Baltimore Are Flush With Amphetamines
So many people are sending drugs down the drain, increasing amounts are ending up in waterways
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Meth Lab Injuries Are Increasing
Makeshift laboratories can cause burns, respiratory problems
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A Parade of Bright Flowers in a City With a Dark Past
Farmers carried 500 dazzling flower designs through the streets of Medellín, Colombia
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An Explosion at a National Lab is Being Linked to Meth
A former combustion research lab seems to have been used for a very different purpose: cooking methamphetamine
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