Oct 29, 2011
Orgasm Inc: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure
Redeye
Since the approval of Viagra in the late 1990s, the pharmaceutical industry has been working feverishly to create an equivalent drug for women.
drugs
Sep 10, 2011
'Grade-boosting' stimulant use on campus
Nick Falvo
A recent editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal looks at the use of "grade-boosting" stimulants (such as Ritalin) by Canadian post-secondary students.
Jul 5, 2011
DVD Review: The Reel Women pirouette into the world of ballet
Reel Women
Judy and Cathi go behind the curtains for a peek into the punishing world of ballet, when they review The Red Shoes and the Black Swan.
Jun 15, 2011
How the U.S. is fueling its own 'war on drugs'
The violent deaths of Brian Terry and Juan Francisco Sicilia have sparked separate but overdue examinations of the so-called War on Drugs, and how the U.S. government is exacerbating the problem.
Jun 9, 2011
Not Rex: Dope wars
The Global Commission on Drug Policy has just weighed in. The War on Drugs is an abysmal failure. They even get it in the U.S. So why is Canada going on a bad trip?
Jun 6, 2011
Prescription opiate abuse now a public health crisis in Ontario
Ann Silversides
An inquest into the deaths of two friends in Brockville places a magnifying glass on the downward spiral of those trapped by addiction to prescription drugs and neglected by authorities.
Jun 2, 2011
Canadian groups welcome international report condemning failed 'War On Drugs'
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
The Global Commission on Drug Policy report denounces the 'war on drugs' as a failure and recommends political leaders worldwide adopt evidence- and rights-based approaches to drug policy.
Oct 18, 2010
DVD review: Two very different takes on how the war affected the vets
Reel Women
Tim Robbins goes to scary heights scaling Jacob's Ladder and Jon Voight shines in Coming Home.
Sep 23, 2010
'They held Marc in solitary for three weeks': An interview with Jodie Emery
Cathryn Atkinson
The marijuana legalization activist describes what life in a U.S. prison has been like for her husband.
Sep 16, 2010
Not Rex: Spend my tax dollars on heroin, please
There's a lot of hot air circulating about taxpayers having no voice and getting no respect. Taxpayer and Not Rex, Shawn Syms, tells you what he'd like his money spent on.
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