Dr. Death – 9 Tragic Incidents Where PMA Certainly Lived Up To Its Nickname
You got to hand it to people. Like The Flash’s Cisco, the people who give drugs being sold on the street cool nicknames are indeed a creative bunch. However, while “Dr. Death”—the nickname given to para-methoxyamphetamine or PMA—sounds undoubtedly cool, there is nothing cool about what it can do to users. Dr. Death certainly lives up to its nickname. It often gets marketed as ecstasy, and it has already caused a number of deaths. Here are some of those unfortunate incidents, one of which is simply heartbreaking.
Cricket is one of the most popular sports in Australia. However, like in practically every sporting field, cricket has had its share of athletes who have returned positive drug tests. An article from News Nation lists some of the most famous names in cricket who have been involved in doping scandals.
An employer who has drug addicts in his/her employ already has it bad. With drug addicts in the workplace, the risk of workplace accidents is higher, and so are the costs that come with drug addiction at work. All that, however, pales in comparison to the suffering a child with drug addicted parents has to go through. Here are some of the unfortunate ways drug addicted parents affect the lives of their kids. One of them is so horrible you can’t help but feel anger towards such loathsome parents.
As a UFC fighter who’s had more than his share of opponents who have tested positive for banned substances, Michael Bisping sure knows how to ruffle the feathers of upcoming opponent, Brazilian fighter Anderson Silva, who is just coming off a one-year suspension after a positive drug test.
Drug addiction stereotypes have been in existence for as long as drug addiction itself. We all have preconceived notions that only these certain types of people can be hooked on drugs. We all were sure that people who looked a certain way are drug addicts. We often assume that a person is a drug addict because of a certain background. We could never be more wrong, especially in these days when drug addiction has weaved itself into the very fabric of society. All we have now are drug addiction stereotypes that no longer apply in general. Here are 9 of them, with one drug addiction stereotype that is just so wrong no matter how you look at it.
Three West Australia cops who were on duty at the Stereosonic dance music festival in Claremont have failed drug tests initiated by internal investigators, according to a report by Grant Taylor for The West Australian.
When advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi launched its Stoner Sloth campaign for the NSW government, it wasn’t probably expecting the ads to go viral on social media. Neither did they expect it to be widely mocked, but mockery is what the entire campaign seems to be receiving lately.