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The "Truth" About Club Drugs

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<mild rant> I went to a presentation this evening entitled, "The Truth About Club Drugs" by Bob Gordon. Evidently this guy is well known as an "authority" on club drugs and speaks on campuses nationwide. If you see a flyer advertising such a show, do go, but be prepared to leave very, very agitated. He was young, upper 20's or maybe just trying to look it to play to a college crowd. In the span of less than an hour he had actually said that: 1) ecstasy has been seen to ...

 

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