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Let’s Not Have an ‘Evidence Based’ Drugs Policy

Anybody who has ever smoked a spliff will have been feeling rather righteous this week. Professor David Nutt was forced to resign following his comments suggsting that certain illegal drugs were less dangerous than alcohol and tobacco. In the aftermath there has been a great deal of public acrimony between scientists and politicians, largely presented [...]

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This post was written by Reuben Bard-Rosenberg on November 2, 2009 Comments (9)

The Spice of Life

“The spice extends life, the spice expands consciousness, the spice is vital to space travel.” At least that’s according to Virginia Madsen in the opening monologue of David Lynch’s cult classic, Dune. In reality, Spice does not extend life, it does not expand consciousness and, unless NASA has come up with some new propulsion technology [...]

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This post was written by Salman Shaheen on August 12, 2009 Comments (29)