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Sex Drugs Anyone?

Friday, March 7th, 2008
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Bangkok’s Independent Newspaper

Illegal sex drug after-effects are on the rise in men.  Singapore - The number of men suffering serious reactions to an illegal sex drug in Singapore are on the rise, data from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said on Saturday.Six more males have developed dangerously low blood-sugar levels in the past two weeks after taking the sexual enhancement drug called Power 1 Walnut, believed to have been made in China, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 16 and suspected cases to 40.

The 56 men are between 20 and 90, some of whom are foreign workers, said the HSA, the national drug watchdog. One of the victims is in a coma and another suffered a stroke three weeks ago.

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Pacific Institute- Pacific Studies

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
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This is the scholarly journal from BYUH.  (Brigham Young University Hawaii) and is actually quite good in some respects.  Try check it out.

Pacific Institute- Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is a quarterly journal produced by the Pacific Institute. It is a multi-disciplinary publication devoted to the study of the peoples of the Pacific Islands. It covers special topics in Pacific Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Ethnomusicology, Folklore, Geography, History, Sociolinguistics, Political Science, Sociology, and Literary Studies.

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Humans crave violence just like sex

Friday, January 18th, 2008
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Humans crave violence just like sex

New research on mice shows the brain processes aggressive behavior as it does other rewards. Mice sought violence, in fact, picking fights for no apparent reason other than the rewarding feeling.The mouse brain is thought to be analogous to the human brain in this study, which could shed light on our fascination with brutal sports as well as our own penchant for the classic bar brawl.

In fact, the researcher say, humans seem to crave violence just like they do sex, food or drugs.

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