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Living in the Prozac Nation: My Experience with Antidepressants

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  • Posted on 11/05/201810/29/2018

The decision to start taking antidepressants is not as easy to make as one might think. It personally took me over two years and two different psychiatrists to come to terms with the fact that I needed medication to get me through my bouts of depression and anxiety.

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An Interview with a Friend, Classmate, and Addict

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  • Posted on 11/02/201810/29/2018

While it can’t be denied that plenty of Fordham students come from difficult backgrounds, the dominant atmosphere is still one of privilege. It’s easy to ignore how differently things could have turned out after high school. For me personally, it is surprising to see how many of my former classmates have ended up using hard drugs.

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Young Professionals and their Complicated Relationship with Adderall

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  • Posted on 11/01/201810/29/2018

Let’s not beat around the bush here, the fact of the matter is that once in every college student’s life, someone will prescribe or offer them Adderall. Its proliferation within the world of academia is so widespread that studies indicate up to 35% of all college students have at one time taken the medication, and it’s not hard to see why.

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Lets Take a Trip: Acid Edition

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  • Posted on 11/01/201810/29/2018

I have always been fascinated by distortions of reality. Optical illusions, dreamlike sequences, and all things psychedelic prove that so much more exists than what we experience in the material world. Our imaginations are nearly infinite, but how do we unlock that creative subconscious?

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Drugs with Dog Filters: Snapchat Changes the Game for Dealers

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  • Posted on 10/31/201810/29/2018

In the sentence after this one, I’m just going to define Snapchat in the simplest terms I can think of. Snapchat: a messaging app that allows users to share self-deleting captioned photos and videos, both privately and among discrete, one-way networks. Now, who do you think might want to use such an app?

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Cutting the Line: Fordham’s Underground Drug Problem

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  • Posted on 11/15/201702/09/2018

It’s so bad that cocaine is so cool

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No Surprise: Strict Drug Laws Do More Harm than Good

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  • Posted on 09/20/201709/20/2017

The focus should be on rehabilitation, not incarceration

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