The Believer’s Brain
A review of The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life, by Lisa Miller.
Drugs
NYC Drug-Injection Sites Outrage Area Business-Owners, Residents: ‘Needles on the Sidewalk’
The Harlem injection site sits across the street from a pre-school.
San Francisco Board Approves Mayor’s Plan to Crack Down on Homeless Camps in Tenderloin District
The Board voted 8-2 in favor of the plan during a marathon session that lasted until early in the morning.
San Francisco Leaders Oppose Mayor’s Plan to Clean Up Drug-Plagued Tenderloin District
Breed declared a state of emergency in the area on Friday.
Who Blocked Action to Fight Assad’s Drug Trade?
A congressional whodunnit with an unsatisfactory answer.
America’s Fentanyl Crisis Begins at the Southern Border
Drug cartels are taking advantage of law-enforcement weaknesses and policy failures to smuggle record amounts of the lethal drug into the United States.
New York City Opens Nation’s First Government-Sanctioned Drug Injection Sites
The sites will be stationed in the neighborhoods of East Harlem and Washington Heights.
Federal Jury Holds Pharmacies Responsible in Landmark Opioid Lawsuit
It’s the first time pharmacy companies finished a trial pertaining to the opioid crisis.
Cannabis Skeptics Persist
It’s curious how touchy some people get when you point out the possible ill effects of cannabis.
Was the Waukesha Killer a Stoner?
On one of his Twitter pages, the ‘person of interest’ describes himself as a ‘stoner.’