Archive for the ‘Medicated’ Category

How a substance abuse clinic gets people clean by helping them take drugs By Andrea Bichan In Vancouver, British Columbia, one substance abuse clinic stands out above the rest as a voice for change in drug policy. Insite, based in Vancouver’s downtown East Side, is North America’s only “safe injection” facility.  What this means is [...]

By Emily C. Pfeffer Anticipation has the habit to set you up for failure, particularly when standards are set high. After Oracular Spectacular (2007), fans of the electro-rock band, MGMT, expected big things from their new album, Congratulations. Their last album featured band members Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, who together created hypnotic synthpop melodies [...]

How Ithaca’s cloudy weather can increase the amount of SADness By Lyndsey Lyman Ithaca is famous for its position as a liberal, relaxed college town. Sadly, it’s also relatively well known for its horrific winter weather: cold, dark and dreary. For many students, this means a little bit of a dip in productivity and energy [...]

By Bryan Cipolla Caution Children—a refreshing burst of hot air that has been relentlessly blowing through Ithaca’s harsh winters over the past three years—has grown from a loosely formed open mic act to a solidified mainstay within the local music scene. Led by founder Steve Burton, the group is composed of five other members, all [...]

By Briana Kerensky Men and women in the United States spend more than $23 billion dollars per year on vitamin supplements. And in 2009, the Nutrition Business Journal released a report stating that the recession actually brought about an 8 percent, or $9.2 billion increase in sales. As the economy tanked but the high price [...]

By Bryan Cipolla For the past three years, Ithaca’s own Caution Children have proven to be a refreshing edition to the local music scene. A six-piece band including a saxophone and keyboardist, the band delivers fun, sincere rock ‘n roll to the masses. On the verge of the release of their debut album, I sat [...]

The politics of medical marijuana cafes By Isabel Braverman In a typical morning at Ganja Gourmet, owner Steve Horowitz whips up some lasagna… with pot sprinkled in. Ganja Gourmet, located in Denver, Colo., is the first ever restaurant in the U.S. to serve food with medical marijuana as a main ingredient. Medical marijuana has been [...]

Sometimes they like it. Sometimes they don’t. By Samantha Schles For years, characters using medication on TV shows was like a hot stove. The networks would touch it, but jump back in time to not scar characters. It hasn’t been until the past 15 years that channels began to air programs with characters actually self-medicating. [...]

Choosing to eat organic instead By Carly Sitzer Much like going green, eating organic seems like one of those trends that recently emerged to become popular and mainstream in society. However, organic food is more than just a fad or a recent addition to our diets: Organic food, as we know it today, first rose [...]

How illegal immigrants don’t fit into Obama’s healthcare plan By Katherine Rausch On April 10, more than a thousand people gathered at the University of Texas in El Paso to march in support of illegal immigrants and their rights. The crowd marched through the streets chanting “Obama, eschucha estamos en la lucha.”  “Obama, listen to [...]