"Now, Latin American drug lords are using the same currents and trade winds that islanders have relied on for centuries to connect and expand their colossal, criminal empires."
Sean Williams and Kevin Knodell for New Lines Magazine: https://longreads.com/2025/02/19/tracking-the-pacific-drug-highway/
I have this game I like to play IRL where, when someone says something racist, I see how many times I have to change the subject in order to get them to change topics from racism (in general) to methamphetamine (specifically).
I was born and raised in Coos County, Oregon; my record is, unsurprisingly, one.
@ghostinthenet it's certainly #messing with the #ability for people to #communicate with each other #effectively
#Think of the #conversations you've #sparked up with #strange #lately
#Feels like you're in #meth town.
Everyone scratching for that #itch
the #NewCoke
What was that?
Didn't you hear me?
I don't even know what you just said.
Last night went to a live show of #PersonPlaceThing with #RandyCohen interviewing Vishaan Chakrabarti
Vishaan Chakrabarti described how in many crossings of the US in an Airstream trailer going through what is considered fly over territory he noticed a progression from #mainstreet to #mall to #meth. The mall to meth transition happened when #bigbox stores replaced the mall.
Part 1 of 2.
Katholische #Kirche vs. Crystal #Meth: Was funktioniert besser?
https://dietagespresse.com/katholische-kirche-vs-crystal-meth-was-funktioniert-besser/
Trans-Species PnP?
Horny methed-out zombie cicadas?
Check it out...
#Meth-addict #fish, aggro starlings, #caffeinated minnows: animals radically changed by human #drugs – study
Addiction, anxiety and sex reversal have been reported in #species by researchers as a range of substances contaminates ecosystems
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/06/drug-pollution-wildlife-threat-aoe
Wer hat schon immer eine Anleitung zur Herstellung von #Napalm mit überall erhältlichen #Haushaltsgegenständen gesucht? #GODMODE #GPT gibt neuerdings die #Antwort auf alles - und zwar "#unchained":
"#Hacker veröffentlicht #Jailbreak-Version von #ChatGPT"
"Auf beiden teilte GODMODE GPT Anleitungen zu illegalen Aktivitäten. Im ersten Fall gab der Bot eine detaillierte Anleitung zur Herstellung von #Meth."
"I’m living la vida loca,” drug-trafficker Pavel "Icecobar" N. allegedly wrote before his capture.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xe35/mexico-escobar-meth-king-sentenced-holland?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#netherlands #News #Drugs #CARTELS #METH
Insights on #psychedelic-assisted therapy.
“Researchers have long theorized that #MDMA’s ability to increase prosocial behavior might be related to the fact that the drug increases #oxytocin levels, sometimes called the “love hormone.” Meth does not change oxytocin levels, yet participants given #meth also felt closer to their conversational partners.”
#psychedelic #themicrodose #janechu #hucares #Ecstasy #methamphetamine
https://themicrodose.substack.com/p/mdma-increases-feelings-of-social