Biotech companies took advantage of loose FDA regulations to push through Genetically Modified crops during the Bush Administration. Today most Americans unknowingly eat GMO’s on a daily basis. Rocky Mountain Bullhorn cover story, -2000 Unless you only eat certified organic foods, then you’ve probably already become a part of what some of the globe’s top […]
FDA To the Rescue: Fighting The Body’s Own ‘Date-Rape Drug’
Once available in health food stores, GHB was made a schedule I drug in the year 2000. The ban came over protests of a few plucky doctors and despite over a dozen investigational new drug applications pending with the FDA. Soon after it was outlawed for recreational use, one niche pharmaceutical company was given exclusive […]
Reefer Madness or Kind Medicine?
Marijuana didn’t become legal in Colorado overnight. Nearly fifteen years before recreational weed was legalized in the Centennial State, advocates and activists battled anti drug crusaders in the effort to pass Amendment 20, legalizing the use of medical marijuana. Norman Abeyta isn’t your average pothead. After all, as someone who struggles to perform simple […]
Bhangra & Hindi Hop Add Desi Flavor to New York Music Scene
Bhangra and other South Asian sounds made their way into the U.S. dance club scene in the late 90s. Basement Bhangra in New York City’s West Village was ground zero for one weekly party that ran for twenty years. Go into any New York branch of a chain music store in New York and […]