A team of leading scientists have spent two years analysing the effects of 20 of Britain’s most widely used drugs, and have devised a scientifically rigorous — and controversial — new ranking for them. The BBC’s Horizon programme has followed their research and looks at the science behind the headlines. How do the brain and body react to each stimulant as it passes into the bloodstream, and what are the long-term effects of drugs relative to their classification? If the current classification should be changed in view of the latest findings, what exactly is Britain’s most dangerous drug? Video Rating: 5 / 5
Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) on the Iraq War & the Bush Presidency On Sunday the founder of ‘gonzo’ journalism, died at the age of 67 of an apparent suicide. Today we are air a Jan. 2003 interview Thompson gave on KDNK in the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado. An excerpt: “Bush is really the evil one here and it is more than just him. We are the Nazis in this game and I don’t like it. I am embarrassed and I am pissed off. I mean to say something. I think a lot of people in this country agree with me–a lot than that are saying anything…we’ll see what happens to me if I get my head cut off next week—it is always unknown or bushy-haired strangers who commit suicide right after wards with no witnesses.” Video Rating: 5 / 5