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Tracking drug mentions in music over time

Drugs In Music – Analyzing Drug References In Musical Genres

Drugs in Music Music and recreational substance abuse share a historic bond going back generations before the first fan was able to purchase a recording. History recounts countless examples of hymns sung by sailors celebrating the idea of drinking and other questionable activities. However, attitudes regarding drug abuse and music took an abrupt turn in ...

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Mary Jane’s Munchies

The earliest known reference to cannabis in human history dates back to 26999 BC. Since then, our ancient ancestors are known to have used marijuana as commercial crops, medicinal herbs, in clothing, and even in pottery over the years. Despite the prehistoric nature of hemp over the course of history, it took scientists until 2015 ...

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People Who Bought Drugs At Church, By Denomination

Christian Chronic – Analysing drug usage among religion

Across the U.S., fewer Americans today identify with or practice a religion of any kind. At the same time, the public perception of drugs like marijuana and illicit drug use is on the rise. But is there really a connection between the two? In 2014, the number of Americans who described themselves as religiously affiliated ...

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Drugs From Last Night – What drugs do people text about?

Have you ever woken up after a long night out and realized you sent out a text you wish you could take back? Maybe you said something about a bad date or a terrible coworker you’re afraid will get out now. Now, what about accidentally sharing your experience about a bad dose of heroin or ...

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A Day In The Life

Across the U.S., the number of people dying from drug misuse and overdose is rising faster than ever before. While the most popular or commonly abused substances have been fluctuating over the years, heroin has seen a 533 percent increase in deaths since 2002. You may know the stats, the numbers, and even the drugs ...

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Relationships and Drugs

According to the World Drug Report in 2016, one in 20 adults (roughly 12.5 million people across the U.S.) used at least one illegal drug in 2014. These numbers don’t appear to be decreasing, and for some substances (like heroin) the number of drug users in America is on the rise. Scientific research has shown ...

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Missing the Vein

Health experts have called the opioid epidemic in the United States the worst drug crisis in history, killing more than 33,000 people across the country in 2015 alone. Of those deaths, more than a third were attributed to a single narcotic: heroin. With heroin use reaching a 20-year high in states across America, and now ...

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Bad and Boozy – Explore what people do when they have been drinking

There are a few primary indicators you can look for after a night out that might tell you if you’ve had too much to drink, and some may be a bit more obvious than others. If you wake up in jail, or with little memory of the events that may have transpired to get you ...

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If America Had Filipino Drug Laws

In the United States, if you get caught using or selling illicit drugs, you might know what kinds of penalties you can expect. Fines, jail time, probation, and mandatory substance abuse programs aren’t outside the realm of possibility depending on the federal, state and local laws where the crime took place. But what about capital ...

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Life on the Streets – How substance abuse relates to homelessness

In 2016, there were more than half a million homeless Americans across the country. Of those, nearly one in three individuals and roughly three percent of people in families were without shelter. While that number has been in decline over the past decade, some reports indicate that establishing a true figure for the men, women, ...

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Gateway Drugs – Tracking drug use in America

In 2015, more than 50,000 people across the country died from fatal drug overdoses – an all time high in the U.S. Of those, heroin deaths rose by 23 percent while deaths from synthetic opioids like fentanyl rose by 73 percent. At the heart of this crisis, the grim reality that most people in America ...

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Female respondents that reported being raped or sexually molested under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol

Sex, Drugs, Hold the Rock’n’Roll

Maybe you swiped right. Or maybe they showed up on your social media list of “people you might know”. Or maybe you met at a good old-fashioned party. In reality, hookup culture is changing the way young people look at dating, and alcohol can play a pivotal role in setting up the mood for those ...

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