Killing Two Birds With One Stone

Published January 11, 2014

Killing two birds with one stone

Filed under: social effects of cocaine

First, it would help deal with the worldwide shortage of medical opiates which, according to the World Health Organisation, are causing a “global pain crisis”. In Africa … (Interestingly, today cocaine is used as an anaesthetic in eye and nasal … Read more on Khaleej Times

Influx of deadly synthetic drugs sets off alarm bells

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Legislation before Parliament would ban a wide range of substances designed to mimic the effects of ecstasy, LSD, cocaine and cannabis. In December, the Victorian government also banned sale of the synthetic cannabinoid Marley after five people were … Read more on The Age

The doctor who made notes on cocaine as he was dying from an overdose

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There has been a lot of eerie experimentation over the years, but few experimental journals touch Edwin Katskee's diary. Katskee decided that he would go ahead and test the effects of cocaine. He took far too much, and then documented his own overdose. Read more on io9