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Nice series by Tim Wu on some categories of laws that are not actively enforced (including copyright laws, immigration laws), and why. gulfstream/2342

Target’s beautifully designed new pill bottle. (Flaws of existing designs on the previous page.) gulfstream/1734

Curious: you have to read this through a Wikipedia filter (i.e. take best guess when hit with inconsistent information), but as it turns out, it’s … gulfstream/1889

Until the 50s, heroin was a legal, and relatively commonly prescribed drug in the UK. gulfstream/1954

Remarkably honest and straightforward (feelingless?) autobiographical account of Robert Hughes’s first marriage. “We met at a drinks party in Notting … gulfstream/2142

drugs and difficult celebrities: about a photo shoot for Vanity Fair gulfstream/582

How to’s of the entertainment industry: how to shoot a nude scene/maintain continuity/shoot in the middle of Times Square. How to avoid … gulfstream/958

Medical products and drugs are generally built for white people. (For example, the colour of the (original) Band-Aid is the colour of white people.) … gulfstream/1010

“You would think the following scene occurs every day: Cops pull over a speeding vehicle and search for drugs. Crack is found. All three passengers … gulfstream/1333

Web site for London’s (fairly hard-core) campaign to get people to not give money to beggars. “Don’t give to people begging on the street; … gulfstream/1521

Malcolm Gladwell: the high price of drugs is not (just) the fault of drug companies. gulfstream/1583

Pete Doherty: “While he has been stopped or arrested by the police at least 10 times since November, last Friday was the worst day so far. Before … gulfstream/1969

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That's why you don't see many employers buying insurance that covers smoking cessation programs or the various expensive drugs that can help people to … quotes/397

Certainly the Mexicans, according to a study done for the United Nations, seem to have concentrated on the drugs business in a way that might be expected … quotes/234

The Germans are all coming and they will kill us all. -- Christian Slater (under the influence of drugs/alcohol), from http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/slater4.html quotes/141

There are at least three kinds of reasons governments give for limiting people's freedom. First, some acts, like filming child pornography, injure the … quotes/127

I think somebody really ought to do the White House a favor. Explain to the White House, the staff members there, there is a difference between "drug … quotes/80

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Victor Conte's letter to Dwain Chambers in full - Times Online
cast as a letter to dwain chambers, but it's basically a description of: (a) the drugs chambers took and (b) general information on the way in which tests can be dodged and fudged

Who's Got the Acid? - These days, almost nobody. By Ryan Grim

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