Speed & politics: amphetamine political economy
Today's users take their amphetamines and pharmaceutical amphatamine derivatives in order to lose weight, cheer up, work harder, think faster, or just for fun…others take SSRI antidepressants to cheer up, work harder, and lose even more weight … Read more on libcom.org (blog)

No, police are not re-opening Kurt Cobain death investigation
Some fans seem unwilling to believe that Cobain, whose name was synonymous with the movement called Grunge that transformed rock, fled into the arms of death to escape the torments of depression and drug abuse in 1994. Then news on Thursday that a cold … Read more on WQAD.com — Quad Cities News & Weather from WQAD

New Drug Court in the Works for Women
"Seeing them come in as beaten down beat up, all of the sudden they're on the other side being prostituted and they're drug addicted and so what happened? " Oasis House Director Cheryl Oliver said Thursday. Aiming to address the vicious cycle of … Read more on WKEF ABC 22