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AMADOR | The Secret Life of Cornell’s Most Brilliant, Most Misfortunate Criminals
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They were violent, scared and alone — and I wanted to understand them more than I wanted life, or anything else.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/drugs/)
They were violent, scared and alone — and I wanted to understand them more than I wanted life, or anything else.
The Alcohol and Drug Council of Tompkins County is opening a new center in April, which will expand healthcare for individuals struggling with substance abuse.
It can be tempting to trace the roots of psychedelic culture back to the plant-eating, headband-wearing hippies of the 1960s, but doing so neglects an extensive and riveting past. Historical accounts tell of smoking hemp seed in Ancient Greece, consuming mushrooms in the Aztec Empire and the Viking cultures of Scandinavia and chewing peyote in Native American societies across the United States.
The first time I did shrooms was with my R.A.. We sat in their room during an idyllic February break, measuring out the grams of psilocybe cubensis mushrooms on a tiny scale. Snow was still on the ground, but there was no need to wear a coat. It was hard to imagine that such a small amount of fungus could change our perception of the waking world.
I liked the taste of it, its earthy mouthfeel reminded me of eating preschool, sandbox dirt. Anticipation rose up in my stomach, preparing for the effects to start kicking in over the next half hour.
The Midnight Gospel is like nothing else on TV today.
At 2:13 a.m., police responded to a call at a house on West State Street, finding a 37-year old male with multiple stab wounds. IPD is still working to identify the suspects.
Drugs. We love to love them. Feeling tired? Sip some coffee. You’re stressed?
Schwab pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to The Ithaca Voice. He was originally charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Records show that police found nearly 20 grams of cocaine in Schwab’s room along with small ziplock bags and a digital scale that officers believe were used in the process of selling the drug, according to the Ithaca Voice.
As we wind down from Spring Break, it seems appropriate to turn a critical eye to that perennial destination for Spring Breakers, Mexico. On March 5, Cornell’s communications office sent out an email alerting us all to the State Department travel alert for Mexico and the continuing violence there. Violence in Mexico has been escalating since the government launched a crackdown on corruption and the drug cartels, even going so far as to order the military into the streets.