February 2012
18 posts
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Theives Stealing Roll Up the Rim Cups →
“OTTAWA — There’s stealing to support your addiction, and then there’s this — sneaking off with ill-gotten Roll Up the Rim cups from Tim Hortons.” Two things struck me immediately with this story. First off, physical and psychological dependence to coffee (caffeine) is established and there is no need to make the distinction at the start of the article as some most...
The Myth of the Eight-Hour Sleep (BBC) →
Jacobs suggests that the waking period between sleeps, when people were forced into periods of rest and relaxation, could have played an important part in the human capacity to regulate stress naturally.
In many historic accounts, Ekirch found that people used the time to meditate on their dreams.
“Today we spend less time doing those things,” says Dr Jacobs. “It’s not...
5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police... →
harmreduction:
Scott Morgan, Associate Director, FlexYourRights.org
Whether or not you ever break the law, you should be prepared to protect yourself and your property just in case police become suspicious of you. Let’s take a look at one of the most commonly misunderstood legal situations a citizen can encounter: a police officer asking to search your belongings. Most people automatically give...
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Poison Planet - Boycott Everything →
XVX Chicago Core. Essay about their album that is linked is below. Boycott Everything is the embodiment of Poison Planet. At face value these two words may seem absurd in conjunction with one another. You can’t possibly boycott everything and why would you want to? But when taken in context the premise is sound. If you don’t believe in something don’t support it. Within...
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“The global nature and environmental destructiveness of psychoactive drugs are...”
– Rick Csiernik Substance Use and Abuse: Everything Matters (2011)
Intersections: greyxgordon: Banned in SF: ATTN... →
greyxgordon:
Banned in SF: ATTN VEGANS WHO ARE ASSHOLES
openlikeaburneddownhouse:
femmedykeslut:
Another thing you have yet to consider is the fact that many people (myself included) have an addiction to meat products as well as dairy. (yes this does exist, fyi). These are the…
Nicole, first I think you need to understand a bit about the sugar content and animal products. Only...
Intersections: ATTN VEGANS WHO ARE ASSHOLES →
femmedykeslut:
Another thing you have yet to consider is the fact that many people (myself included) have an addiction to meat products as well as dairy. (yes this does exist, fyi). These are the foods with the MOST sugar and really sugar is an addictive substance. It’s incredibly ableist for any vegan to put…
Easily one of the strangest appropriations of ableism and...
Dunnville duo charged in more pharmacy robberies →
More oxy robberies from my hometown. Heartbreaking.
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“…we must educate and organize Africans to self-fund the resistance or...”
– Ajamu Nangwaya “Why Black History Month Should Be Called African Liberation Month” (Rabble.ca)
January 2012
11 posts
“I have spent years representing victims of racial profiling and police brutality...”
– Author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander, on Fresh Air.
Read excerpts and listen to the full interview here.
(via harmreduction)
Ibogaine and Ayahuasca: Addiction, Exoticism and...
A growth in literature and focus that has rallied against traditional Western notions of addiction; addiction as disease, addiction as weakness, etc. has also spurred a growth in the search for alternatives. This has seen positives like the growth of harm reduction theory and the practice of harm reduction models. It has also lead to negatives, such as the re-hashing of die hard practices of...
“I found myself in a much more powerful position once I began to appreciate the...”
– Gabor Mate In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
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“I think that straight edge and queer culture have a lot to offer one another....”
– Nick Riotfag My Edge is Anything But Straight
December 2011
1 post
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Painkiller 10 times stronger than Vicodin worries... →
…”The latest drug studies come as more pharmaceutical companies are getting into the $10 billion-a-year legal market for powerful yet highly addictive opioid narcotics.
“It’s like the wild west,” said Peter Jackson, co-founder of Advocates for the Reform of Prescription Opioids. “The whole supply-side system is set up to perpetuate this massive unloading of...