Ecstasy in London? Heroin in Zagreb? The Answer Is Found In The Sewers

Ecstasy in London? Heroin in Zagreb? The Answer Is Found In The Sewers

Drug users might be less than forthright about their illicit habits—but they all have to pee. With that in mind, scientists are drug-testing entire sewer systems to study just how popular illegal drugs have become.

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A broken billboard looks psychedelically drugged out

A broken billboard looks psychedelically drugged out

It’s okay. It’s not just you. You didn’t pop a pill you shouldn’t have before your afternoon coffee. You’re not in a dream world. The billboard actually looks like that in real life and apparently it’s on purpose, the broken electronic billboard is being tested for all working colors. I see acid.

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There’s a New Drug Test That Can Beat the Poppy Seed Defense

There's a New Drug Test That Can Beat the Poppy Seed Defense

Remember that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine fails a drug test after eating a poppy seed bagel? Many modern pee-in-this-cup drug test can’t differentiate between the harmless opiates found in poppy seeds with the eye-rolling opiates found in black tar heroin—and it’s become a big problem. But a newly developed drug test is poised to fix it.

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Scientists Find a Marijuana-Blocking Compound Made by Your Brain

Scientists Find a Marijuana-Blocking Compound Made by Your Brain

Marijuana may make you feel nice, but according to new research, your brain may not want to go along for the ride: turns out, when your brain senses THC, it produces a hormone that counteracts the drug’s effect. Buzzkill.

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Cleaning Up Former Meth Houses Is a Booming Business

Cleaning Up Former Meth Houses Is a Booming Business

Even if intrigue and criminal activity aren’t quite up your alley, you can still cash in on meth. That’s because riding on the coat tails of our nation’s meth epidemic is the growing industry of meth lab cleanup. You won’t be Walter White, but you can still to wear a fluorescent hazmat suit, and hey, you probably won’t have international drug cartels chasing after you.

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Deadly Superbugs Are Breeding Like Crazy in Chinese Sewage Plants

Deadly Superbugs Are Breeding Like Crazy in Chinese Sewage Plants

Gird your immune system because what you’re about to read will make you sick. No, seriously, it’s dangerous. Like Contagion-level dangerous.

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Don’t Buy Knockoff Prescription Drugs on Cyber Monday

Don't Buy Knockoff Prescription Drugs on Cyber Monday

Items directly related to life and death should not go on sale. Sure, the price of any product can be affected by market conditions, but you just don’t want to be buying bungee jumping cords half off. You just don’t.

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Timothy Leary Once Thought Orgasmic Brain Radios Would Replace Drugs

Timothy Leary Once Thought Orgasmic Brain Radios Would Replace Drugs

Counterculture icon Timothy Leary was a longtime advocate of drug use as a way to expand minds. "Turn on, tune in, drop out," became one of his most popular phrases in the 1960s. But in 1987 Leary predicted that people of the 21st century wouldn’t need "old fashioned" drugs anymore. Instead, we’d all be using "brain radios" to alter consciousness.

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The Scientifically Best Time to Drink Coffee

The Scientifically Best Time to Drink Coffee

Ever wonder what the best time is to drink your coffee? You probably know it is not a good idea to drink part of your daily dose of caffeine in the afternoon. Especially for those who have problems sleeping. But, do you ever drink your coffee and feel like it just didn’t work?

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I Pity The Fool Who Resurrected Silk Road

I Pity The Fool Who Resurrected Silk Road

If there’s one thing cops don’t like, it’s being disrespected. So when some renegade launches a clone of Silk Road, the underground drug marketplace that Feds recently shut down, they’re just begging to get arrested. They even made the homepage a spoof of an FBI-seized domain. That’s disrespectful!

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