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Health

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Drugs

Why Do the British Love Ketamine So Much?

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Tech

Soma, Spice and Substance D: A History of Drugs in Science Fiction

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By Brian Merchant
Tech

How the Most Extreme Trips on Erowid Transformed Modern Drug Culture

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By Adam Rothstein
Tech

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