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Wordle is unique in that it’s an addiction you can’t indulge to your detriment.
Joplin blew out a hit. The smoke hung and twisted in the sunlight, and he studied it there, looking for an answer or sign.
I don’t know how best to tell you this, but you’re wrong. You’re wrong about me, and I fear you are wrong about the world.
When David Shay began smoking spice, he believed he was choosing a safe, legal alternative to marijuana.
Misfits threaten to diversify Provo, Utah, with The Boxcar Studios—an atelier and community events center.
A profile of a young addict prompts reflection on the American way.
Meditation has inspired me to "let go." But how can I engage the good fight if I give in?
The Last Opium Den by Nick Tosches is more an essay than a book. It runs just 74 pages, and those pages measure just four by six inches with margins one inch wide.