Fighting Drug addiction

 Here's the story: We sat down with a man who had a harrowing journey with addiction. He began by telling us about his early days in tertiary education, where he would occasionally smoke dagga with friends. However, his focus remained on his studies, and he worked hard to graduate and secure a qualification. After landing a job, he started building a life for himself. He got married, bought a property, and even splurged on a car. Life was good, and he felt like he was on top of the world. But one fateful night, while out with friends, he was introduced to heavier narcotics. At first, the experience was exhilarating. He described it as an elevation from the mild high of dagga to a level 5 high, where he felt invincible and euphoric. The effects would last for days, allowing him to party from Friday to Sunday without sleep. The problem, however, began to manifest on Mondays and Tuesdays every week, when the withdrawal symptoms would kick in, and he'd struggle to function at work....

Trip to Mars? You’ll die on the way, says Elon Musk

 

Trip to Mars? You’ll die on the way, says Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched more than 100 rockets in the past decade and plans to establish a human society on Mars
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched more than 100 rockets in the past decade and plans to establish a human society on Mars
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Elon Musk has predicted that “a bunch of people will probably die” going to Mars during attempts to populate the red planet.

The billionaire chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, who has predicted a manned Mars landing by 2026, warned that the voyage to the planet would be an “arduous and dangerous journey where you may not come back alive”.

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“You might die, it’s going to be uncomfortable and probably won’t have good food,” he said during an interview with Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation, which rewards scientific innovation.

Musk is the world’s second-richest man, with a fortune of $151 billion
Musk is the world’s second-richest man, with a fortune of $151 billion
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Musk plans to establish a human society on Mars and set up SpaceX in 2002 specifically to build rockets to carry thousands of human settlers to the planet.

“Going to Mars reads like

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