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...There is much urban legend at college and high-school scenes about the effects and side effects of Adderall. Having prescribed stimulants like Adderall to patients for over 30 years, I offer the following as a misuser’s guide to Adderall...
According to Maria Dominguez Gray, Deputy Director of PBHA, cuts to the Boston Youth Fund (BYF) will have a large impact on the association’s employment of high school students in the Summer Urban Program (SUP). The program consists of 12 student-run camps that provide classroom experience and field trips to Boston and Cambridge Youth...
...Suglia at the Harvard School of Public Health has shown that adolescents who have witnessed violence may be more likely to suffer from adverse health effects later in life. The study, which observed 15 boys and 28 girls ranging from 7-13 years old, was conducted in an unidentified urban neighborhood in Boston. The study aimed to gauge the stress impact of exposure to violence by testing the levels of cortisol—a hormone that is secreted at higher levels in high-stress situations—in each of the subjects. Suglia and his team took saliva samples...
...Feline metaphors—fox, puma, pussy—have long been applied to female sexuality. “Cougar” is merely the latest epithet in a long tradition of verbal constructs—slut, skank, whore—that construe women as sub-human sexual objects. Urban Dictionary defines the cougar in terms of the sexual stimulation that she provides to men and her lack of emotional attachment: Cougars “don’t expect you to call the next day, and don’t require much cuddling after a good one night stand...
Proceeds from the show are given to Teen Empowerment, a Boston Area charity that works on leadership development in urban youth...