The history of Facebook – from fad to a critical component of America’s psyche

Will Facebook rule the world? As of 2011, Facebook had over six hundred million active users. It is estimated that 42% of the U.S. population had Facebook accounts. Popular with teenagers, Facebook had risen from a local college social networking site into one of the largest technology companies on the planet. And it did so…

Introduction to Vodka Eyeballing Alcohol is drank, enters the bloodstream through the stomach, and spreads throughout the body. Or so we thought. A new craze emerged in 2010, vodka eyeballing, which required pouring the shot directly into your eye. Containing 40% alcohol, the scar that results permanently damages the eyeball and may lead to blindness.…

Introduction to Pharm Parties Pharming parties (also called pharm parties) is a get-together where prescription drugs are exchanged and randomly ingested, in order to become intoxicated. The earliest mention of such parties appears to have been in the March 8, 2002, issue of the newspaper Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA), which said this was occurring “in…

Chatroulette funny conversation screenshot

Launched in November of 2009, Chatroulette.com blasted into the social networking scene offering a unique combination of social networking with YouTube like video capabilities.

Spice 99 and K2 Strawberry synthetic marijuana

Introduction to K2/Spice Synthetic Cannabis Synthetic cannabis or synthetic marijuana is an herbal and chemical product which mimics the effects of marijuana. It is best known by the brand names K2 and Spice. When synthetic cannabis products first went on sale it was thought that they achieved an effect through a mixture of legal herbs.…

Introduction to salvia divinorum (aka fake weed) Salvia’s real name is salvia divinorum but your kids know it as Serenity or Fake Weed. They can buy it over the counter and the store clerk, who understands perfectly well what the child will do with the product, will tell them that Salvia is legal and harmless.…

And as their name implies, “energy drinks” promise to give you an extra dose of energy. With no regulatory control, their popularity exploded in the early 2000’s and were especially trendy with minors and young adults.

Known as a Vod-Bomb, Birch, or a ‘DVR’ (double vodka red bull), the newest drinking trend amongst the college and high school aged crowd is a cocktail made by mixing vodka and a highly caffeinated energy drink, typically Red Bull.

Kids boast about the intensity of their P90X workouts on the social network websites. Adults attribute stunning, almost unbelievable weight loss attributed to the success of the program. The P90X exercise program is popular with adults and teens.

It is sold to children and teenagers labeled as bath salts, fertilizer, or insect repellent under names like Ivory Wave, White Lightning, Red Dove, Vanilla Sky, Cloud 9, or Blue Silk. The label says “not for human consumption” but it is intended to be snorted, swallowed, smoked, or injected.