Speaking of College Journalism on MDMA
Category: MDMA
10-20 times the normal deficit in Ecstasy users? Really???
Posted by DrugMonkey at 1:37 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Now on ScienceBlogs: Here we go again. Ecstasy, death...unsubstantiated claims.
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October 29, 2009
Category: MDMA
10-20 times the normal deficit in Ecstasy users? Really???
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Category: DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge
I have been a bit distracted and keep forgetting to remind you that the DonorsChoose Social Media Challenge is coming to a close. If you keep meaning to donate to one of our selected projects or those of another ScienceBlogger...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 7:12 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 28, 2009
Category: NIH
Whenever you have actual people making decisions about things, you have bias. Pretending that people are not biased evaluators is just plain stupid. (Plus, it reflects a willing ignorance of a wealth of psychological studies and that is just annoying.)
Posted by DrugMonkey at 4:00 PM • 50 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 27, 2009
Category: Blogging
The person who posts a link to a blog related to substance abuse or publicly funded science careers that 1) I have not seen before* and 2) that most amuses me by the end of the day wins a Reader...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 3:48 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: MDMA
Is it gauche to beat up on some poor kid who couldn't be bothered to research an article for some crappy college newspaper?
Posted by DrugMonkey at 12:27 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 26, 2009
Category: Ask DrugMonkey
All joking and prurient interest aside, it actually is very useful for newcomers to the NIH grant game to gain an appreciation not just for the topics and investigators that are funded by the NIH and its respective ICs but to know the size of the award as well.
Posted by DrugMonkey at 7:55 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 23, 2009
Category: General Politics
"What is that", you ask. I hadn't heard of it until a couple of years ago either, which is strange. The Red Ribbon Coalition site claims: Red Ribbon Week began after the kidnapping, torture and brutal murder of Drug Enforcement...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 4:47 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 22, 2009
Category: Humor
There are days. Not ordinary days. But....days. Like the one you just had. In which some individual has caused you much woe. Woe and annoyance. And pain. Let us not forget that. Graphical artist Jessica Hische [ blog ] has...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 6:59 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogging
A great blog covering substance-abuse related science and policy
Posted by DrugMonkey at 1:25 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 20, 2009
Category: Diversity in Science
I was going to just add this as a late addendum to the Diversity in Science Blog Carnival #3 in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Since this involves the NIH IC that focuses so much energy on enhancing diversity in...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 7:45 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks