Electric Zoo Festival Cut Short by Two Deaths

Electric Zoo Festival Cut Short by Two Deaths – Electric Zoo 2013 was the fifth annual Labor Day weekend of electronic dance music on Randalls Island, and its promoter, Made Event, had expanded it by addin…

Loud voices and deaf ears
The number of people who die annually from the use of illegal drugs is a few hundred—mostly from heroin overdoses, which are made more likely by the fact that the quality of the drug is so unreliable. The number who die from alcohol abuse is around 10 … Read more on The Economist (blog)

Sudden death of west Belfast father-of-one Kevin Doherty 'linked to drugs' as …
The family of a father-of-one who died after a suspected drugs overdose say they have been left "completely heartbroken". … A 'bad batch' of ecstasy-type pills is being blamed for the tragedy. West Belfast MP Paul Maskey said: "People are dying and … Read more on Belfast Telegraph

Christine M. Flowers: Washington's own 'Breaking Bad'
Be they liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, our representatives in Congress are overdosing on arrogance and hubris. There's Harry Reid, the Brigham … He definitely needs a little hit of ecstacy, poor thing. There is Ted Cruz, proud … Read more on Columbus Ledger-Enquirer