Hold That Fish Taco
Turns out that if you’re eating fish, you’re eating mercury. A U.S. Geological Survey recently sampled fish taken from 291 streams across the country and, reports the Associated Press, “[t]he toxic substance was found in every fish sampled.” And nearly a quarter of the samples had mercury levels exceeding what the Environmental Protection Agency has…
Treating Heroin Addicts With…Medical Heroin
It’s so crazy it might just work! Actually, it does work. A study published by the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that pharmaceutical diacetylmorphine (heroin) works better than methadone at weaning addicts from the drug. Drug addictions, especially opiate addictions, are a complicated problem. It can take long stays in treatment for an addict to…
Mexico Decriminalizes Drugs For Personal Use
In an effort to reduce police corruption and free up resources for police to take down drug kingpins and traffickers, Mexico has decriminalized the possession of small amounts of illegal recreational drugs. Is decriminalization enough to help put an end to the border violence and shut down the drug cartels? I highly doubt it, and experts…
Barney Frank Gets Frank
The above video shows a woman comparing Obama to Adolf Hitler at a town hall meeting. She is one of many supporters of Lyndon LaRouche who commonly believe, among other things, that MySpace and Facebook and videogames should be banned, Obama’s health care plan is a Nazi policy, we still need to fight the British…
If You Hate Capitalism, You’ll Probably Love ‘Capitalism’
Here’s the trailer for director Michael Moore latest laughing-to-keep-from-crying-umentary. Capitalism: A Love Story opens October 2.
Phish: No Sex Please, We’re Transcendent
The relationship between Phish and its audience “isn’t about the short-term fling of sex,” writes a columnist for Good Vibrations Magzine, an erotica and sex-toys site, “but rather about the long-term gain of a loving relationship.” In an article titled “Phish: A Most Un-Sexy Experience,” writer “John Thursday” goes on to say that Phish’s “audience…
Don’t Drink The (Fiji) Water
I almost never drink bottled water; it seems like a waste of good plastic. But Fiji Water has apparently become something of a status symbol among the celebrity-industrial complex, as featured in photo opportunities of everyone from Barack Obama to Paris Hilton to Arianna Huffington. But it’s become even harder to justify guzzling the stuff…
How Green Is Your College?
Both the Sierra Club and the Princeton Review (the test-preparation service and consumer-guide publisher) have each released their latest lists of America’s greenest colleges. The Sierra Club’s gridlike list of “the Most Eco-Enlightened U.S. Colleges” (left) awarded its highest marks to the University of Colorado at Boulder based on the institution’s efficiency, energy, food, academics,…
Trey Anastasio Recounts Drug Court Experience
Trey Anastasio claims that Drug Court saved his life in a moving video from the Phish guitarist’s appearance at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) annual conference in June. Trey relates the circumstances that led to his 2006 arrest, describes the relief he felt after his arrest, and recounts the Drug Court program…
A Year After LeRoi Moore’s Death
One year ago today, Dave Matthews Band co-founder and saxophonist LeRoi Moore passed away in Los Angeles following a June 30, 2008, ATV accident outside his Virginia home. Adding to the tragedy was that Moore’s bandmates and friends thought he was on the road to recovery after the mishap, thereby making his death especially shocking….