Pulitzer Winners Tell Photos' Backstories at the Frost Art Museum
Pulitzer Winners Tell Photos' Backstories at the Frost Art Museum His second Pulitzer, for feature photography, is a photo essay on crack cocaine addicts in a Miami housing project in 1988. … White folks would arrive there straight from work,… Continue reading
Serial Raider Broke Into 78 Baildon Homes and Avoids Going to Jail
Serial raider broke into 78 Baildon homes and avoids going to jail Yet he was handed a two-year community order when he appeared at Basildon Crown Court yesterday. Judge Jonathan Black told the court the sentence had been imposed to… Continue reading
Drug Prohibition Fuels Society's Ills
... fuels society's ills In Northern Nevada, the drug court refers drug users to treatment centers like Bristlecone Family Resources, which follow the National Institutes of Health disease/abstinence model. The media breathlessly tells us there is a new heroin epidemic.… Continue reading
Twin Cities, Minnesota Trying to Cope With Flood of Cheap, Pure Heroin
Twin Cities, Minnesota trying to cope with flood of cheap, pure heroin The prescription increase in the mid-'90s stemmed from a push to treat chronic pain with opioids, which were formerly reserved for acute pain, and the release of OxyContin,… Continue reading
Demi Lovato to Make Tour a Sober Affair
Demi Lovato to make tour a sober affair In the wake of the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, pop singer Demi Lovato won't allow any drugs or alcohol on her “Neon Lights” tour, Radar Online said. The actor died on… Continue reading
Do Humans “abuse” Their Large Brain?
Question by Michael: Do humans “abuse” their large brain? I have a question that might sound silly but, I’d like to get an answer. So, according to evolution, humans have evolved from an ape-looking ancestor through millions of years by… Continue reading