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Christian Chronic

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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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 ...

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Bad and Boozy

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

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

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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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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Drugs Decoded

Have you ever wondered what someone trying to sell a “parTy” on Craigslist with a capital T really means? Or the use of the hashtag #mephedrone on Instagram. What about a specific emoji inside a dating application? It turns out, these occurrences aren’t random at all. They’re code words for people looking to buy or ...

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Money & Drugs

In 2014, the White House compiled a report on the money spent purchasing illicit narcotics across the U.S. every year. According to their study, American’s spent nearly a trillion dollars on drugs over the course of the last decade. According to their research, while specific drug use fluctuated from year to year, the average amount ...

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Crossing the Border – Drug Arrests Across the US

Drug Arrests Across the US Whether for recreation or out of a perceived need for self-medication, drug abuse has consistently been linked to various interpersonal conflicts, mental health issues, and employment problems. As of 2015, roughly 207,000 people in the United States were incarcerated in federal prisons, with almost half of all inmates finding themselves ...

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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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