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...sort of royal soul food manufactured at the Solid Gumbo Works by a black capitalist named Ed Yellings. The plot, full of violence, intrigue and high-speed travel, turns on whether the Gumbo Works will be controlled by LaBas' forces of good and healing magic (Gumbo can cure heroin addiction) or the perversion of the ancient mysteries led by the Louisiana Red Corp. and its sinister head, Blue Coal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gumbo Diplomacy | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

...material was for the greater part taken off his latest release, Sally Can't Dance, though he also included such standards as "I'm Waiting for the Man," "Heroin," and "Rock and Roll" from his days with The Velvet Underground. Reed's vocals, which were even more Dylanesque than usual, were accompanied by queenly dancing, spasmodic convulsions, and hesitant twirlings of the microphone. Highlighting his stage show was the random interjection of obscenities often followed by the violent felling of the microphone stand, which actually constituted one of the lighter sides of the concert. Whenever the mike stand came crashing...

Author: By John Porter, | Title: All That Glitters... | 10/11/1974 | See Source »

Those laws may change. Amsterdam has a local population of some 5,000 heroin addicts, and they are creating increasing troubles. Petty crimes, shoplifting and muggings have been more frequent as addicts try to get money to support their habits. Reports of death from drug overdoses have become staple items in newspapers. The city is even beginning to have New York-style gang wars between rival dope pushers. The Rosse Buurt was recently jolted by a daylight gun battle between members of the local Yellow Mafia and a Surinamese heroin dealer. No one was injured, but police found packets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DRUGS: Now the Dutch Connection | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

...returnees need some professional help in adjusting to civilian life. About 25% of the 800,000 veterans who have sought admission to VA hospitals or have been sent there by authorities have attempted suicide. As many as 26% of the veterans who served in Viet Nam have experimented with heroin and other drugs. So broad are the problems of this troubled minority of the Vietvets that VA authorities have given a blanket name to them: post-Viet Nam psychiatric syndrome (PVNPS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Postwar Wounds | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

...mother of a girl who had her ear lobes pierced in a Seattle jewelry store complained that the jeweler had used soiled instruments. A team of disease detectives headed by Dr. Carl J. Johnson investigated, fearing that ear piercing - like tattooing and mainlining heroin - might spread hepatitis. The jeweler said that he soaked his needles in 70% alcohol, but Johnson pointed out that this treatment does not kill the stubborn hepatitis virus. The team tracked down 48 young women who had had hitherto unexplained viral hepatitis and found that seven had recently had their ears pierced. Not only jewelers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Ears and the Liver | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

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