by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 20, 2016 | Drug Policy
Editor’s Note: This is the third in an on-going series of articles on the realities of the War on Drugs as seen by a New York City paramedic. Previous articles are here and here, and I highly recommend anyone who wants to understand the human toll this...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 30, 2016 | Culture, Environment
An Internet friend recently shared his take on a new climate study that is headlined Historical records miss a fifth of global warming. His interpretation, with which I concur, is: The basic premise is “our climate models are right – it’s the data...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jul 25, 2016 | Culture, Politics
At the quaint level of public service where appearances of corruption to the public are considered, we find a great contrast with the steady news diet of stories of elite misbehavior. As you read, remember that not one financier has ever been deprived of a day’s...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 5, 2016 | Environment
A recent study reported on an interesting and “intuitively compelling” theory for the Earth’s history of ice ages and interglacial warm periods. The particulars of the study, which connect low CO2 levels to plant die-off that leads to increased...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jul 4, 2016 | Culture, Drug Policy, Politics
I am a paramedic with over two decades working all over New York City. I worked in Harlem during the crack epidemic and have seen heroin trends come and go. Of all the public health officials who deal with drug abuse, we are the only ones who actually contact the...
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