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Heroin for Trauma and Psychedelics for PTSD: Meeting People Who Self-Medicate with Illegal Drugs

11.08.16

By JS Rafaeli
What It Was Like Being a Test Subject in One of the Earliest LSD Experiments

03.23.16

By Geraldine Malone
Black Magic and Chicken Blood: Photos of My Week with Sierra Leone’s Witch Doctors

03.15.16

By Olivia Acland
I Take Nine Grams of GHB Every Night to Treat My Narcolepsy

12.17.15

By Max Daly
This Neuroscientist Argues That Addiction Is Not a Disease and Rehab Is Bullshit

12.07.15

By Neil Sharma
The Low-Grade Heroin Ravaging Serbia’s Roma Underclass

11.12.15

By Max Daly
Chronicles of Premature Ejaculation

08.25.15

By Paul Willis
How Lucid Dreaming Could Help Treat PTSD

02.11.15

By Roc Morin
Meeting Scotland’s Illegal DIY Weed Doctors

11.05.14

By Hope Whitmore, Photos: Nick Dodd
This Is What Developing Acute Schizophrenia Feels Like

10.15.14

By Daniel Smith
Bucharest Is Not a Good Place to Be a Heroin Addict

07.18.14

By Mihai Popescu, Photos: Amy Goud
Lepers, Messiahs*

08.01.08

By Conor Creighton: Photos: Steve Ryan

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Ja Rule Takes High Road in Feud With 50 Cent, Still Says He’s the ‘Better Rapper’

Ja Rule shares his take on fans picking sides in his beef with 50 Cent, still maintaining that he’s the better rapper.

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3 Types of Mainstream 20th Century Rock Bands Who Would Struggle to Break Through Today

Classic rock bands of the 20th century enjoyed mainstream success that I’m not sure they would find if they were emerging today.

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By Lauren Boisvert
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3 Hardcore Punk Bands From the 1990s That Don’t Get As Much Love As They Should

Hardcore punk of the 90s was home to many bands that didn’t get the recognition they deserved beyond the scene. Here are our three picks.

2 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Brazilian Gamers Are Playing as Their Favorite Favela Gang Members

We spoke to the creators of ‘Squad,’ a first-person shooter that allows gamers to escape the reality of Brazil’s civil war by playing a simulation of Brazil’s civil war.

2 hours ago

By Fritz Pinnow
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Oscar Isaac Was in a Ska Band That Played Warped Tour With Green Day and Limp Bizkit in the ’90s

Oscar Issac played in punk and ska bands as a teen. One of those bands, The Worms, even played Warped Tour.

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By Stephen Andrew Galiher