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...make the list? Courtwright not only emphasizes the reasons why the larger-scale drugs became globalized, but also why the others remain local and regional commodities to this day. Apparently drugs such as kava, a beverage made from a pepper root in the Pacific Islands, and qat, a leaf product that is generally chewed, never caught on because of the former's taste of "chalk and body sweat" and the latter's tendency to cause constipation and nausea. Drug users were willing to make sacrifices for the high, but as Courtwright points out, the markets were overflowing with more potent...
...McCarthy says he has turned over a new leaf since the ABCC hearing. He says he is requiring backup IDs for out-of-state patrons and is considering implementing a swipe machine to verify driver's licenses within the next two weeks, as well as hiring a second bouncer to double-check patrons. McCarthy also claims he is looking into collaborating with Harvard to validate University identification...
...facility, which opened last April, Hyatt engaged practitioners of the traditional Hawaiian art of lomi lomi, an indigenous form of therapeutic massage, to add local flavor to the list of available treatments. Top it off with a full-body seaweed masque or ti leaf wrap and you'll achieve a delightfully warm and squishy state, rather like something on the menu at last night's luau...
...call every day. 'What do they look like?' 'Too green. Still too green.'" As soon as half the leaves were golden, the crew rushed north. Says Zhang: "We used three or four cameras simultaneously at different angles. And the leaves had to be perfectly yellow. We even implemented a leaf classification system. Special-class leaves could be blown in the actors' faces, first-class in front of them, second-class behind them and third-class were scattered on the ground." A mat gathered leaves as they fell so the crew could collect, clean and classify them, then gently send them...
...rule, the partyers don't pursue the new drugs; they tend to find a potion and stick with it, sometimes until it kills them. Today's popular party drugs are derived from ancient medicinal herbs: marijuana from hemp, cocaine from coca leaf, prescription painkillers from poppies. It's the shamans who aggressively seek out new substances. Recent additions to the U.S. market include ayahuasco, a plant long used in religious ceremonies in Brazil for its mind-manipulating qualities, and Salvia divinorum, a soft-leaved plant native to Mexico that is chewed or smoked for hallucinogenic effects...