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	<title>Irked Magazine &#187; drugs</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Fragments,&#8221; an unputdownable new essay by Brian Segal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Brian Segal, Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board

Fragments
by Brian Segal
You had better write it down before your mind locks it up and throws away the key.
Walking down Crescent Street in Montreal at about 3:00 in the morning circa 1971. The colors and slightly mad thoughts of psychedelic drugs done hours earlier fading away. Finding a club [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ken Flagg: Still wishin&#8217; he had a crack baby</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Irked Audio, Themes, Addictions

Awesome (and polarizing) song after the jump&#8230;


Ever heard a piano quiver? Listen now to the gleefully disturbed, delightful-yet-melancholy song &#8220;Crack Baby&#8221;—a sharp critique of middle-class malaise off Ken Flagg&#8217;s 2006 album Paralysis &#38; Denial:


EXCITING NEWS: Ken Flagg has a new album scheduled for release in 2009!
Listen to more Ken Flagg tracks here!

Ken Flagg&#8217;s mini bio:

Born and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stairwell Standoff, by Lee Stringer</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/1242/stairwell-standoff-by-lee-stringer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bum Deal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There is at least one consolation to be had in “living rough,” as the Brits call being homeless: life on the streets will certainly grow you.
Those who go through it will know things the rest of us don’t even know we don’t know.
I realized this one hairy night, over thirty years ago, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The True Story of the Homeless World Cup, by Mel Young</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Addictions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal, Addictions, Books &#38; Book Reviews


Mel Young, the President and Co-founder of the Homeless World Cup, is recognised as one of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. In 1993 he co-founded The Big Issue in Scotland (with Tricia Hughes), a magazine sold by homeless people in the streets of Scotland with a weekly circulation of 40,000. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Meth: The Production</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Irked Videos, Themes, Addictions

THE DRUG
Crystal Meth is a highly addictive drug, described as a &#8220;mix of laundry detergent and lighter fluid,&#8221; that can be made in any kitchen, with ingredients from the corner store. These include: Ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine (found in cold medicine), and other chemicals including acetone, drain cleaner, lithium, iodine, paint thinner, kerosene, red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercy Now: Mary Gauthier</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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“I know in my heart that I should be dead. Most of my friends are dead. The way I lived, I had no respect at all for my own life. So I&#8217;m living on borrowed time—and there&#8217;s liberation in that.”
—Mary Gauthier
***



Her voice is at once soothing and haunting.
&#8220;Falling out of love is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold Turkey, by Karen Stuebing</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/486/cold-turkey/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/486/cold-turkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Addictions, Art Gallery 

Cold Turkey &#8211; by Karen Stuebing

Cold Turkey
by Karen Stuebing 
Drug addiction is a huge problem in Southern West Virginia and other parts of Appalachia. In my little neighborhood alone, I can take you for a short drive and point to every third house: &#8220;That guy&#8217;s a dealer,&#8221; &#8220;He&#8217;s strung out,&#8221; &#8220;She uses.&#8221; This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovery, by Karen Stuebing</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/452/recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is about recovery. As bad as that was, this is the hard part. The recidivism rate for narcotic addiction is over 90%. 

How do I become one of that small percentage that makes it? How do I overcome depression and cravings? How do I avoid situations where there are drugs when half the people I know are on them? I can walk 20 feet and be at another addict’s door. 

I decided to use my camera to chronicle this part. It took me awhile to pick it up again. When I did I knew I really had entered into the recovery phase. 

This is my journey and I'm putting it out there for the world to see. I want to be one of the winners.

<a href="http://irkedmagazine.com/wanderingagoraphobe/leah/452/recovery">CLICK HERE</a> to read full post.
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