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Fear and loathing in downtown Binghamton

I begin this tale in a nondescript house in Downtown Binghamton. Don’t ask which house and where. Besides changing a few details due to the nature of the story, I will admit...


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Post-pot munchies that'll let you burn before bikini season

Whenever you get the munchies, it’s easy to reach for those potato chips, cookies and ice cream cartons to satisfy your cravings, but with Pipe Dream’s help, substitute those unhealthy snacks with...


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NCAA should continue steps to end marijuana testing, sanctions at national level

When Gonzaga and Oregon advanced to the Final Four last month, it marked the first appearance of two teams from the Pacific time zone in the NCAA’s semifinal round. The geographic proximity...


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Get home-baked: How to cater to your cannabis cravings

Everybody loves an edible: you get all the good parts of smoking weed without destroying your lungs. Unfortunately, since New York state does not seem on track to legalize the ‘devil’s herb’...


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Cannabis offers more than just a way to get high

While hemp doesn’t make you high, the cannabis-based plant can affect your body in other ways. Hemp is popular as a component of textiles, foods and lotions. As the plant does contain...


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Harpur's Ferry responders trained for drug-related incidents

“I got addicted.” Stephen Baumgarten, the first assistant chief and deputy director for the agency and a first-year graduate student studying public affairs, isn’t talking about drugs — he’s talking about working...


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When the weed grows in Binghamton

Alone in an empty classroom after hours, no one would suspect that the student diligently doing homework also regularly sells quarter-pounds of homegrown marijuana. Wishing to remain anonymous, he said he prefers...