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Your Brain on Alcohol – Explained

Here’s a wonderfully little video about what alcohol does to your brain. It is the latest in a sequence of short science videos made by ASAP Science. A previous video explained Marijuana. This one covers a lot of things very … Continue reading

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New film teaches you how to make money selling drugs

Look out for a new documentary on the $400 billion global business which is the illegal drugs trade. 50 Cent, Eminem and many players from both sides of the game explain how it is played out and how for many … Continue reading

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Wonka: Drug Baron – YouTube

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Square Grouper – Documentary about 70′s pot smuggling in Miami

Just in time for 420 day, Square Grouper is released this week in America. A documentary about marijuana smuggling in 1970′s Miami. It’s title refers to the hastily discarded reefer-bales that smugglers jettisoned when pursued by the police and which … Continue reading

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Skateboarder magazine goes Ayahuascan

Skateboarder magazine follows some famous skaters into the Amazon, where they skate and take part in a shamanic ayahuasca ceremony. Kenny Anderson and some other skateboarders (none of whom I’ve heard of) seem to have a had a great trip. … Continue reading

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Why Psychedelics Make Avatar More Sophisticated | Reality Sandwich

It turns out James Cameron‘s debt to hallucinogens in the story of Avatar was more explicit in the original version of the film. But a scene where the hero goes on psychedelic trip was cut from the final theatrical release. … Continue reading

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Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict

As a bright schoolboy from a loving, middle-class family Ben Rogers was expected to make a success of his life. Raised in a quiet, picturesque village Ben was a Boy Scout, loved cricket, played in the school orchestra and looked … Continue reading

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Gaspar Noé – Enter the Void

A ginko leaf, Symbol of the prefecture of Tokyo,,Image via Wikipedia Coilhouse have a very enthusiastic write up of Gaspar Noé‘s new film. Enter the Void is Gaspar Noé ‘s third feature film. Enter the Void is Tokyo on LSD, DMT … Continue reading

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