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Here’s the New E-Cig App that Will Monitor Your Life Expectancy
A lifesaver? photo via It was bound to happen eventually: an app for e-cigarettes. And not just any app, but a “healthy” app that promises to keep track of the ways in which vaping will extend your...
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My Love Affair With Nicotine Gum
My gum is not like your gum. It is special. Photo via It didn’t make me paranoid, like pot. It didn’t make me black out, like drinking. Unlike smoking, it didn’t ruin my teeth and lungs and cause me to...
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How I Untangled My Twin Obsessions With Hair Removal and Porn
“No matter how much effort I put into achieving hairlessness, it always grew back.” What do hair removal and porn have in common? One thing, probably the most obvious, is that most women in porn these...
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My First Time on Magic Mushrooms: Ten Psilocybin Experiences
“For all its cultural heritage, psilocybin’s most significant contribution to humanity may turn out to be medical.” Photo via “Magic Mushrooms” refers to any of 180 or so species of mushrooms found...
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My Teenage Kick Was Huffing Butane Gas
“I was surprised to see him wedge the plastic nozzle between his teeth, compress the can and then suck hard through his teeth, making a hissing sound, until he was done.” Photo via My last encounter...
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Marijuana Yoga Is LA’s Latest Craze, of Course
420 Yoga teacher aka “Yogangsta” Liz McDonald Photo via It seemed only a matter of time before marijuana and yoga were officially intertwined. 420 Remedy Yoga is a weekly class offered by the Brazilian...
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Graphic: Are You At a Hipster Bar?
“Hipsters are the worst!” gripes practically everyone, especially hipsters themselves. And yet, they seem to have cornered the market on everything from organic Kale to booze. Hipsters love to drink;...
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In the Hills of New York, Ecstasy Is a Middle-Aged Gay Ritual
“The X was taking effect. I watched the dancers, observing happily from a rug in the grass next to the bonfire. “Photo via On a hillside near one of New York’s pristine upstate reservoirs, there is a...
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My Application Letter to Be America’s Drug Czar
“By the way, how much does it pay?” Photo via Now that we are normalizing drug use, I’ve decided to apply to be drug czar. Here’s my application letter. Dear Mr. President, I couldn’t help but notice...
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Can This Futuristic Brain Stimulation Device Replace Your Coffee and Cocktail?
Thync uses tDCS technology, much like the “brain-enhancing” device Foc.us pictured here. Foc.us Using a concept straight out of science fiction (Philip K. Dick, to be exact), a start-up called Thync is...
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Sure, I’m Addicted to Love, But Can I Be Straight-Up Hooked on Music, Too?
Disappearing into these songs acted as a narcotic, rewiring my brain to associate “music” with “mother.”Photo via As far back as my pre-school years I was showing signs of an unhealthy obsession with...
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Substance.com Readers’ Holiday Tales: A Bong Gone Wrong
Recently we invited Substance.com readers to share their stories of holidays past that relate to substances or their absence. Today’s reader not only described her experience, she put it into verse!...
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