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Dwight Gooden Was Not Best Friends With Darryl Strawberry

...  Gooden Was Not Best Friends With Darryl Strawberry I said, “I tested positive for cocaine, I gotta go to rehab.” He never said a word. He just dropped his head. I'd never seen that look on my dad's face.… Continue reading

Does Prozac Help Artists Be Creative?

...  so, I have a negative view of the drugs." Self, however, didn't blame the SSRIs for obstructing his artistic flow: "Heroin, cocaine, marijuana and … Read more on The Guardian The Traps of Treating Pain And then, more recently,… Continue reading

New Marijuana Laws Help Only White Kids in Suburbia Says 'the Wire' Creator

...  in the discussion. Jarecki's film “The House I Live In,” and Siefert's “Cocaine Unwrapped” deal with the fallacies of America … Read more on allvoices In Review of Brooklyn Cases, So Many Obstacles Convictions that relied on disputed confessions… Continue reading

Cocaine Use May Make Brain Bleeds Deadlier

...  "Perhaps further research that focuses on interventions that could decrease the risk of aneurysm re-rupture (e.g., strict … Read more on MedPage Today William M. Fine, Who Helped Shape Drug Laws, Dies at 86 William M. Fine, a former… Continue reading

Underage Drinking of Your Own Children?

...  That was pretty broad (you can give your kids drinks as long as no one gets hurt…) Small moderations is fine. Add your own answer in the comments!   A Politician's Disclosure Offers a Lesson in Eating Disorders Although… Continue reading

Revisiting the 'Crack Babies' Epidemic That Was Not

...  the 'Crack Babies' Epidemic That Was Not This week's Retro Report video on “crack babies” (infants born to addicted mothers) lays out how limited scientific studies in the 1980s led to predictions that a generation of children would be… Continue reading