Drugs Forum - Culture (News) http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/ News about cultural and social issues related to drugs. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:08:40 GMT vBulletin 300 http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg Drugs Forum - Culture (News) http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/ USA - Quest Diagnostics reports sharp downward trends in cocaine and methamphetamine use http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108659&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:56:49 GMT [B]New data released today by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the nation's leading provider of employment-related drug testing services, reveal that drug testing of hair specimens from employees and job applicants in the general U.S. workforce has tracked sharp downward trends in cocaine and methamphetamine use from 2005 to the first half of 2009 that mirror similar drops shown by urin ]]> Culture (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108659 USA - Suffolk gives out drug test kits for concerned parents http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108582&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:41:49 GMT *Suffolk gives out drug test kits for concerned parents* To help parents detect drug use among their children, Suffolk law enforcement is now giving out free home test kits. The kits, bought... Suffolk gives out drug test kits for concerned parents

To help parents detect drug use among their children, Suffolk law enforcement is now giving out free home test kits.

The kits, bought with money seized from drug dealers and available at the Suffolk sheriff's office, allow people to home-test urine for traces of six categories of drugs, said Suffolk Sheriff Vincent DeMarco.

If the te ]]> Culture (News) terrapinzflyer http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108582 <![CDATA[Peru - Peru's Amazonian artist Pablo Amaringo dies at age 71]]> http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108519&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:58:28 GMT *Pablo Amaringo, an outstanding researcher, artist, and teacher who was passionate about the Peruvian Amazon, passed away at age 71, in Pucallpa. * Image:... Pablo Amaringo, an outstanding researcher, artist, and teacher who was passionate about the Peruvian Amazon, passed away at age 71, in Pucallpa.

Amaringo showed from a very early age an acute insight into the cosmological nature of the world.

He wanted to learn about life; why we are born
Attached Images
File Type: jpg pablo_amaringo.jpg (49.0 KB)
]]> Culture (News) Potter http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108519 Other - Do blind people hallucinate on LSD? http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108516&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:27:40 GMT I've just found a remarkable 1963 study from the Archives of Opthalmology in which 24 blind participants took LSD to see if they could experience visual hallucinations.
left align image
It turns out, they can, although this seems largely to be the case in blind people who had several years of sight to

Reputation Comments on this post:
  
  Amazing find, an invaluable contribution to a long standing and incredibly difficult question
  
  Thank you so much. Been looking for some real science published about this.

Attached Images
File Type: jpg alex_grey_trans.jpg (22.5 KB)
]]> Culture (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108516 UK - Older Addicts Lose Will to Live http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108249&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:00:16 GMT

[top]Older addicts 'lose will to live'


Almost half last year's 574 drug deaths were among over 35s

Research to be published in Glasgow suggests rates of suicide among addicts aged over 35 may be higher than previously thought. The Scottish Drugs Forum, (SDF) said older drug users need more ]]> Culture (News) cooki http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108249 Canada - Parents Largely Unaware Teen Binge Drinking Is Growing Deadlier http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108113&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:43:09 GMT *Alcohol Found To Be More Dangerous Than Pot, Ecstasy And Acid* The dreaded birds-and-bees talk looks easy compared to this new rite of modern parenthood. Among issues parents are encouraged to... Alcohol Found To Be More Dangerous Than Pot, Ecstasy And Acid

The dreaded birds-and-bees talk looks easy compared to this new rite of modern parenthood. Among issues parents are encouraged to talk to their teen and preteen children about is how to identify a case of alcohol poisoning when they see one.

"Don't leave someone to sleep it off or walk it off and don't douse him or her with co ]]> Culture (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108113 Spain - Drug Clans Take Control on Madrid Shanty Town http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108059&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:38:38 GMT Drug clans take control in shanty town where Madrid's politicians fear to tread


10,000 addicts a day visit sprawling settlement as lawlessness takes over.
Bulldozers have knocked down some of the Caņada ]]> Culture (News) cooki http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108059 USA - Wanted: Dead Heads and Pot Heads http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108048&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:10:35 GMT *Dead heads and pot heads take note. While the straight economy goes up in smoke with double digit unemployment, job prospects for hippies are booming -- and not just for boomers. *... Dead heads and pot heads take note. While the straight economy goes up in smoke with double digit unemployment, job prospects for hippies are booming -- and not just for boomers.
left align image
At the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) they're looking to hire an official Grateful Dead ar

Reputation Comments on this post:
  
  Cool article. Thanks for posting.
  
  Nice post keep em coming

Attached Images
File Type: jpg hip1.jpg (26.1 KB)
File Type: jpg hip2.jpg (29.2 KB)
]]> Culture (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108048 USA - Boomers See Views Relaxing on Marijuana http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108042&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:20:29 GMT Health, Law Enforcement Officials Bemoan Greater Public Tolerance of Drug

Smoking pot isn't what it used to be for Joe Lee, a 62-year-old vintage-record dealer in Rockville.
right align image
Back in the late 1960s, as an art student in Baltimore, he kept his landlord in a constant state of suspicion,
Attached Images
File Type: jpg boomer.jpg (41.2 KB)
]]> Culture (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108042 Canada - Calgary police fear spread of poppy-based street drug http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108038&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:12:49 GMT An unusual drug concoction made from the seeds of the flower that produces opium is gaining the attention of police and a political leader in an immigrant community who says he's seen families ruined by the addictive brew.
left align image
The dried and ground poppyseed mixture, called doda, is typicall
Attached Images
File Type: jpg pooppy pods.jpg (63.5 KB)
]]> Culture (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108038 Other - Why Do Humans Get High? http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107933&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:52:16 GMT *Humans are highly addictive creatures. * Essentially, most of our decisions are dictated by the pleasures or pains associated with a given action, all of which are governed by chemicals released... Humans are highly addictive creatures.

Essentially, most of our decisions are dictated by the pleasures or pains associated with a given action, all of which are governed by chemicals released in the brain.

When we experience something meaningful or enjoyable, our brains reward us with pleasing chemicals to encourage us to repeat that experience.

Because of this reward system in our brai ]]> Culture (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107933 Iran - Iran has 130,000 new drug addicts each year http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107886&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:03:13 GMT ** One million drug addicts in population of 70 mln * Iran major trafficking route for Afghan heroin About 130,000 people in Iran become addicted to drugs each year, the Iranian police chief... * One million drug addicts in population of 70 mln

* Iran major trafficking route for Afghan heroin

About 130,000 people in Iran become addicted to drugs each year, the Iranian police chief said, acknowledging the scale of the problem for a country on a key heroin trafficking route.

In comments published on Sunday, Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam, who is also head of Iran's anti-narcotics agency ]]> Culture (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107886 USA - Employers cautious under Medical marijuana law http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107877&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:01:27 GMT Conflicting state and federal laws have made it increasingly difficult for employers to spell out and enforce workplace alcohol and drug policies.

"We have this great confusion in the law because of the differing federal and state laws on the medical marijuana issue," attorney Paula Barran told a gathering of The Chamber of Medford/Jackson County Monday afternoon at Rogue Valley Country Cl ]]> Culture (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107877 EU - EU Struggles to Curb Hard Drugs http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107872&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:10 GMT EU Struggles to Curb Hard Drugs

European efforts to curb cocaine and heroin use made little impact in the past year, the EU's main drugs watchdog says in its annual report. But cannabis use, particularly among young people, is declining, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

[IMG]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46673000/jpg/_466
Attached Images
File Type: gif Top Five countries most affected by cocaine use.gif (15.9 KB)
]]> Culture (News) cooki http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107872 <![CDATA[USA - Dock Ellis' LSD-Fueled No-Hitter Brought to Life]]> http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107831&goto=newpost Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:30:51 GMT Dock Ellis' LSD-Fueled No-Hitter Brought to Life

Dock Ellis pitched for the Pirates from 1968-1975, and he won 19 games during the team's 1971 World Series season. But he's best remembered for three incidents, all of which are marginally related to baseball, mostly in a "Yeah, Dock did something insane again ... oh, and he happened to be at work when it happened" sorta way.

He beaned ]]> Culture (News) terrapinzflyer http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107831