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Kratom Tea Is the Beverage of Recovering Heroin Addicts
I tried a cup of kratom tea, a plant-based legal drug that's gaining popularity at bars in North Carolina and Florida and is often used to aid recovering heroin addicts.
Daisy Berkowitz: Portrait of an American Ex-Marilyn Manson Member
The ex-guitarist for Marilyn Manson is now battling stage-four colon cancer and has a hell of a lot of stories to tell.
Meet the Alleged Teen Terrorist Who's Been in Solitary Confinement for Two Years
Aakash’s treatment since his arrest has raised all kinds of questions about how defendants are treated by the criminal justice system.
The Alleged Teenaged Terrorist Who's Been in Solitary for Two Years Without a Trial
Aakash Dalal allegedly masterminded the firebombing of a synagogue, but his parents say he's been mistreated by the authorities.
Nobody Knows Why We Still Call Them Freedom Fries
If you existed in 2003, you may recall the patriotic trend of certain restaurants changing the "French" in "French fry" to "freedom" as a reaction to France's opposition to the US invasion of Iraq. It's 2014 and politics have shifted, so why...
Nobody Knows Why We Still Call Them Freedom Fries
If you existed in 2003, you may recall the patriotic trend of certain restaurants changing the French in French fry to freedom as a reaction to France's opposition to the US invasion of Iraq. It's 2014 and politics have...
I Spent a Year Being Exploited by a Shady Canadian Call Center
When you're 21 years old, naive, broke, and desperate for a work visa, you'll make all kinds of bad decisions, which explains how I ended up struggling to sell investment strategies to strangers over the phone for 12 hours a day.
Kratom Tea Is the Beverage of Recovering Heroin Addicts
Kratom is a plant-based legal drug commonly ingested in the form of hot tea. Often used to aid recovering heroin addicts, kratom is gaining popularity at bars in North Carolina and Florida.
I Was a Suspected School Shooter
Rumors of me wanting to go berserk went far and wide, and even made front pages of the local newspapers. I had to go to therapy, and by the end of the ordeal I was having dreams about the Columbine shooters.
The Confusing, Controversial World of Lyme Disease
Lyme is tricky to diagnose and the symptoms can linger for months or years even after treatment, and doctors disagree with each other and activists on the basic facts of the disease. That makes it hard on those who have it.
Gay Geeks Unite Against Homophobia in Video Games
GaymerX, the first-ever convention devoted to gay geeks, took place last weekend in San Francisco. I went there to support my brother (who organized the event) and to chat with attendees about why being a gay geek is so hard and what the video game...
I Got Raped, Then My Problems Started
One out of six American women has been the victim of rape or attempted rape. I am one of those women. I was sexually assaulted in 2010, but thanks to an aggressive, well-paid defense lawyer, my attacker ended up walking free.