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Are E-Cigarettes A Good Idea Or A Bad Idea?

A group of nicotine researchers argue for an alternative. Electronic cigarettes are here to stay. If you’re not familiar with them, e-cigarettes are designed to look exactly like conventional cigarettes, but they use batteries to convert liquid nicotine into a fine, heated mist that is absorbed by the lungs. Last summer, even though the FDA ….

Cobra Bites Top Toad Licking As Wierdest Way To Get High

In a report from India, Snake Bite as a Novel Form of Substance Abuse: Personality Profiles and Cultural Perspectives, doctors from the Central Institute of Psychiatry in Ranchi describe the cases of two individuals that had purposely subjected themselves to potentially lethal cobra bites as a source of a recreational high. One of the patients ….

Move Over Robocop, There’s A New Mechanized Crime Fighter In Town

While not as intimidating or humanoid as Detroit’s robot lawman of the future, Saratoga County of New York is using advanced technology to curb intoxicated driving. In compliance with a recent New York state requirement, anyone convicted of misdemeanor or felony DWI is required to install an Ignition Interlock device in any vehicle(s) they own ….

In Memory Of The Black Monk Of Thamkrabok – Gordon Baltimore

Just a quick note to express our acknowledgement of the passing of Gordon Baltimore last week at the age of 60. News of his death made papers and media around the world…he will be missed: PaulGarrigan.com Goodbye Monk Gordon – You Will be Missed at Thamkrabok The Fix A Toast to the Black Monk of ….

5 Most Serious US Addictions From Addict Nation

Jane Velez Mitchell, the feisty outspoken host of HNL’s Issues has new book out aptly called Addict Nation. Among other things, Velez-Mitchell is a recovering alcoholic with over 15 years of sobriety. Here’s a snapshot of her list of the top 5 addictions in America. 1. Prescription Pill Addiction: There’s a growing trend in America to try ….

Sucker Punch – Movie Review – Four Thumbs Up!

It’s been a long while since TDA and I had a chance to review a movie, but we did get to go see Sucker Punch last weekend and both enjoyed it immensely. While TDA said it may be in his Top 5 all-time, I wouldn’t go that far (Top 20 maybe)… but it’s a great movie ….

Newest Drug Campaign Scares Kids With Their Worst Fear – Ugliness

How do you influence teenagers? Threaten them with zits – and worse. From the makers of the widely seen Faces of Meth campaign, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office of Portland, Oregon is doing it again with their newest anti-drug campaign. The new program also features shocking before and after pictures of addicts as they transform from normal ….

Would You Buy A Recovering Alcoholic A Drink?

ABC News series “What Would You Do” sets up this scenario. Your in a bar, a party beside you is celebrating their friends one year sobriety anniversary. After the party dies down – he asks the bartender for a drink…

Famous Alcoholics – Nic Cage Leaving New Orleans

Never before profiled by TDA as a Famous Alcoholic himself, but making a grand argument to do so this last week is Nic Cage. The actor who came in number one on Screedler’s Top 10 Movies About Addiction for his portrayal of an alcoholic with a death wish in “Leaving Las Vegas” was arrested in ….

A Brief History Of 420

Drinkers have long had a monopoly on holidays designed with them in mind – St. Patrick’s Day, New Years Eve, Mardis Gras, and Cinco De Mayo. Let’s also give them Fourth of July, Memorial Day Weekend, Spring Break, Halloween,SuperBowl Weekend and for the hardcore – Presidents Day, MLK Day, Arbor Day, Christmas and Easter. It ….

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