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That Time Freud Cured Sherlock Holmes' Cocaine Addiction
A review of the 1976 film about cocaine addiction and psychoanalysis: "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution."
Zachary Siegel
Jul 17
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The murder case that shows the shocking cynicism of Chesa Boudin's successor Brooke Jenkins—and our gullible media.
During the recall campaign against Chesa Boudin, the 3,000 national stories that collectively asked if the progressive DA had “gone too far” often referenced Brooke Jenkins, a prosecutor that quit during Boudin’s tenure. The New York Times: Brooke Jenkins, a former prosecutor…
Tana Ganeva
Jul 8
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The NYPD continues to arrest people (of color) for weed—despite legalization.
As New York’s government gears up to build a weed market by licensing dispensaries, people are still being busted for possession. Specifically, people of color. NYPD arrest data show that in the year and a half since marijuana was legalized across the state, 137 people have been…
Tana Ganeva
Aug 5
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Officer starts to scream and vomit after skin exposure to highly potent marijuana candy
Reporting live from Tacoma.
Tana Ganeva
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Actually, Chesa Boudin was voted out in the richest, whitest areas of San Francisco
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Is addiction really a lifelong brain disease?
Zachary Siegel
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The Drug Supply is Contaminated!
Zachary Siegel
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Bari Weiss is very, very wrong—and she's helping fuel the backlash against reform
Tana Ganeva
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Walmart is Rejecting Prescriptions and Screwing Over Patients With Addiction
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Crime Stoppers reports a 333% increase in child murders!
The Houston Chapter of Crime Stoppers, a slick, corporate non-profit—complete with a girlboss CEO!—has long excelled at pushing crime panic to rack up…
Tana Ganeva
Jul 1
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Police Lieutenant: Cops should have no role in personal health decisions.
The former officer points out that bans don't work and cause needless deaths.
Tana Ganeva
Jun 28
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Cop running for Congress: Rape can't result in pregnancy because I only saw it happen one time.
Even with Roe fully intact, there were 1,700 arrests and prosecutions of women based on their pregnancy outcomes. Cops make that call.
Tana Ganeva
Jun 27
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It takes 59 seconds to look up crime stats—why don't reporters do it?
If you look at actual numbers, Boudin has done a great job.
Tana Ganeva
Jun 7
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Why did it take the NYPD an hour and 20 minutes to enter the apartment of a woman being stabbed to death?
Update: A still of local news coverage shows a fire escape connected to the ground.
Tana Ganeva
May 28
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The Drug Supply is Contaminated!
Cases of accidental overdose are skyrocketing because the drug supply is a polluted nightmare.
Zachary Siegel
Mar 13
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A Dangerous Shift in the Street Drug Supply: What to Know About Xylazine
What do people using opioids have to say about the contaminated drug supply? "Nothing about Xylazine is Pleasant. I hate it."
Zachary Siegel
Mar 18
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GOP Senator who defended Brett Kavanaugh accuses Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of being soft on sex crimes
We need the highly qualified former public defender on the bench.
Tana Ganeva
Mar 20
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