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    Whitney Houston's drug war

    FEBRUARY 14, 2012 11:54AM

    By Kyle Schmidlin


    Topics: whitney houston, drugs, marijuana, xanax, war on drugs, medicine

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 2598 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Little Drummer Girl In The Cemetery

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 1:38PM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: jewish, lutheran, christian, open call, my blue holiday, christmas, hallmark, griswold, merry christmas, chanukah, hanukah, cemetery, divorce, belief/religion, family, little drummer boy, bing crosby, silent night, life stories, nostalgia, dark shadows, funeral, xanax, std, barbie

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1153 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The astonishing rise of mental illness in America Part 1

    AUGUST 29, 2011 9:23AM

    By Patrick D Hahn


    Topics: valium, prozac, eli lilly, thorazine, miltown, iproniazid, imipramine, haloperidol, lithium, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, ssri’s, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, zyprexa, xanax, mental illness, adhd, depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder, disability, ssi, ssdi, mania, pancreatitis, robert whitaker, health, health care, health insurance, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, psychiatry, david healy, joseph glenmullen, klonopin, desipramine, panic attack, biological psychiatry

    • 6 Ratings
    • 508 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Trying To Stay Balanced With A Little Help From Xanax

    JUNE 20, 2011 11:09AM

    By Christina Simon


    Topics: health, well-being, xanax, motherhood

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    • 58 Ratings
    • 2460 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    Generation RX

    AUGUST 18, 2010 4:01PM

    By marytkelly


    Topics: death by alcohol and pain pills, parents as unwitting drug dealers, parental medicine cabinets, xanax, valium, oxycontin, percocet, prescription pills

    • 13 Ratings
    • 525 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Rainy Day Woman, No. 1

    JUNE 5, 2010 10:01PM

    By ladyslipper


    Topics: drugs, rain, bob dylan, more rain, panic attacks, perfect hair, benzodiazepines, klonopin, xanax, pharmacies

    • 9 Ratings
    • 656 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Drill, Baby, Drill--My Fear of Dentists

    JULY 8, 2010 10:49PM

    By nolalibrarian


    Topics: drills, buzz, fllouride, fear, xanax, gas, valium, smile

    • Editor's Pick
    • 65 Ratings
    • 2109 Views
    • 85 Comments
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    the shakes

    APRIL 29, 2010 12:45PM

    By Greg Correll


    Topics: iron man is my favorite superhero now, endurance, meditation, despair, withdrawal, stroke, fucking drugs, prozac, xanax, i just finished a good book though, life is just like this, tremors, shakes

    • 0 Ratings
    • 268 Views
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    Big Mike: Am I Blue?

    MARCH 10, 2010 9:57AM

    By Big Mike Glab


    Topics: paxil, cymbalta, nimh, gary greenberg, louis menand, manufacturing depression, new yorker, panic disorder, agoraphobia, xanax, desipramine, imipramine, zoloft

    • 11 Ratings
    • 583 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    To Joan H and Clarkk exclusively

    FEBRUARY 16, 2010 7:18PM

    By fernsy


    Topics: xanax, fetal position, mortified beyond measure, such tender feelings towards those two, the perils the perils

    • 4 Ratings
    • 781 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Xanax Virgin

    JANUARY 27, 2010 7:56PM

    By Emily Chiodo


    Topics: air travel, traveling, kansas, xanax, wine, flying, fear, fear of flying, airplanes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 2900 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    American Idol Recap: Da Snoresville Chicago Auditions

    JANUARY 20, 2010 8:14AM

    By marytkelly


    Topics: scott brown, american idol chicago auditions, ayla brown, simon cowell, shania twain, paula abdul, ellen degeneres, ryan seacrest, brett favre, general larry platt, pants on fire, pants on the ground, katelyn epperly, boob boxing girl, charity vance, angela martin, john park, paige dechausse, tiny tim, ambien, valium, xanax, any kind of mind-altering drug to make me forget, america's sexiest man, u.s. senator and former cosmo centerfold

    • 50 Ratings
    • 5567 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    Dysfunctional New Year's Resolutions for 2010

    DECEMBER 28, 2009 11:29PM

    By Beth Mann


    Topics: 2010 new year's resolutions, loverboy, questionable new year's resolutions, unhealthy resolutions, valium, xanax

    • 1 Ratings
    • 285 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    It's a Lonely Thing Sometimes

    AUGUST 26, 2009 3:38PM

    By SolaceSista


    Topics: kava-kava, xanax, insomnia, sleep, anxiety

    • 0 Ratings
    • 457 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Pills Killing Our People

    AUGUST 12, 2009 7:25PM

    By Carrie Anne


    Topics: depression, xanax, lortab, oxicodone, medical insurance, holistic health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 50 Ratings
    • 1594 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    brushes with death, with a dark and, hopefully, funny twist.

    MARCH 5, 2009 11:48AM

    By Theodora L'Engle Knight


    Topics: death, near death, suicide, ebola virus, carbon monoxide, xanax, overdose, hotel room, final exist, hemlock society, drive-by shooting, hi-jacked plane, mossad

    • 18 Ratings
    • 873 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    open call: my addictions have no substance. part one.

    FEBRUARY 25, 2009 1:38PM

    By Theodora L'Engle Knight


    Topics: open call, addictions, sloth, sugar, chocolate, the web, tv, muscle relaxants, xanax, booze, drugs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1104 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Post Urban Culture

    OCTOBER 15, 2008 1:21AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: post urban culture, xanax, new york, new orleans, wives out earning husbands, suburbs, exurbs, alex zola, the zola system

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