Category Archives: Drugs

College Diaries: On Mushrooms and Memory

Posted on December 9, 2009 by

I have been issued a challenge of sorts in the comments, to write more about drinking, drugs and parties.  The problem with writing on those topics is that, well, the partaking in the aforementioned tends to erode the memory.  Also, … Continue reading →

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Not Just Lip Service

Posted on September 29, 2008 by

I was on the phone Sunday afternoon with my friend Julie when I noticed my left thumb had swollen to approximately twice the size of my right. As I had spent the last four days in a cold medicine haze, … Continue reading →

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Listen to your ‘Filth Elders’

Posted on March 26, 2008 by

From New York mag’s piece on John Waters, now and forever the Pope of Trash: Also recently, Waters accidentally smoked crack. He was having a party at his house in Baltimore and someone passed him a pipe that he assumed … Continue reading →

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A Holiday Fix

Posted on December 20, 2007 by

Time once again to grab your works and settle in ’round the oil drum fire as Uncle Bill narrates his classic holiday tale “The Junky’s Christmas” (from the book Interzone). Because if an addict can share his last fix with … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theories: Only the Good Die Young

Posted on July 24, 2007 by

With Lindsay Lohan’s latest drug-related kerfuffle and subsequent return to rehab (the hat trick!), our tabloid-crazed nation once again wonders what will become of her. Some speculate on how her legal woes will play out, and others wonder if Lohan … Continue reading →

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