{"id":530,"date":"2005-04-13T21:33:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-14T01:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=530"},"modified":"2005-12-05T13:19:46","modified_gmt":"2005-12-05T18:19:46","slug":"rave-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/rave-on","title":{"rendered":"Rave On"},"content":{"rendered":"

The DEA’s annual magazine, “Drugs of Abuse,”<\/a> has been released. According to the agency:<\/p>\n

This DEA magazine delivers clear, scientific information about drugs in a factual, straightforward way, combined with scores of precise photographs shot to scale. We believe that Drugs of Abuse fulfills an important educational need in our society.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But according to Mr. Sun!<\/a>, it looks like the DEA is just trying to tempt us all into using (more) drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The DEA’s annual magazine, “Drugs of Abuse,” has been released. According to the agency: This DEA magazine delivers clear, scientific information about drugs in a factual, straightforward way, combined with scores of precise photographs shot to scale. We believe that Drugs of Abuse fulfills an important educational need in our society. But according to Mr. … <\/p>\n

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