AlterNet's Most Popular Sex and Drugs Stories of 2009

By , AlterNet
Posted on December 29, 2009, Printed on May 27, 2012
http://www.alternet.org/story/144864/alternet%27s_most_popular_sex_and_drugs_stories_of_2009

AlterNet ran hundreds of popular articles on drug reform and sex this year -- here were the 5 most popular from each category. (Keep on top of AlterNet's coverage by signing up for the Drug Reporter and Sex and Relationships newsletters).

Top 5 Most Popular Drug Reporter articles for 2009:

1. 5 Things the Corporate Media Don't Want You to Know About Cannabis
Paul Armentano, AlterNet

2. Hemp Is Not Pot: It's the Economic Stimulus and Green Jobs Solution We Need
Dara Colwell, AlterNet   

3. Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer
Fred Gardner, O'Shaughnessy's   

4. Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?
Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, Mason Tvert, Chelsea Green Publishing  

5. 5 of the Most Overrated Legal Highs -- An Attack on Everyday Drugs (and a Few You've Never Heard of)
Manfred Johnson, AlterNet

The Top 5 Most Popular Sex Articles of 2009:

1. The Top 10 Craziest Sex Laws in America
Simcha, The Frisky

2. Is Breeding a Sin?
Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee

3. Big Booty Beauty and the New Sexual Aesthetic
By Myra Mendible, American Sexuality Magazine    

4. 15 Shocking Tales of How Sex Laws Are Screwing the American People
By Ellen Friedrichs, AlterNet

5. Sex Is Natural. So Why Are So Many People So Bad at It?
Liz Langley, AlterNet
 

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