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More people in the United States are using marijuana, a new study in The Lancet Psychiatry shows, amid legalization efforts and shifting attitudes about marijuana.

Many hoped that the Obama administration would reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule II substance this year, but no such luck. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) also announced on August 11 that marijuana would remain illegal under federal law. Other Schedule I substances include heroin, LSD, peyote, ecstasy, quaaludes, and bath salts, among others. [1]

Earlier this month, a 14-month-old baby suffering from severe malnutrition and weighing what a 3-month-old infant should weigh was rushed to a Milan hospital by his grandparents. The child’s parents fed him a vegan diet without proper supplementation.

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By: Jay Dyer

On March 8, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted to become the first school district of its size to require hormone- and antibiotic-free chicken in its school meals. More than 732,800 students are enrolled at LAUSD’s 1.274 schools.
The full changes go into effect in fall 2017.

Last week was a busy one for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as the nation’s health watchdog began taking serious action to combat the rising opioid crisis.
Source: CDC
It has been a busy month, in general, for top health officials.

Wendy’s has more than 6,500 franchises in the US alone. It’s the world’s third largest fast food hamburger chain, servicing millions of customers annually. A group of employees known as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is calling for a boycott of the hamburger titan, kicking off a demonstration to communicate its displeasure with a 12-day Workers’ Voice tour earlier this month.

Big Ag is up to no good again – what’s new? This time they are introducing a bill in North Carolina through Governor McCrory’s office in order to stifle those who might speak out against immoral and illegal practices of the industrial agricultural model.