Alaska has become the first state to be progressive enough to allow marijuana use at pot shops. The board responsible for writing rules on recreational marijuana in Alaska has voted to allow people to use pot at certain stores that will sell it.
The biotech industry has taken a beating lately, and this is evident in Monsanto’s numerous actions of late. The company has closed 3 research and development sites, laid of thousands of workers, and their stock prices have been plummeting.
More Americans take prescription medications than ever before – nearly 60% – and obesity could be to blame.
A new study published in JAMA shows that the number of people taking prescription drugs increased from 51% of the adult population in 1999 to 59% in 2011. Cholesterol and blood pressure drugs are the most-used medications in the U.S. [1]
There is a strong consensus that drugs across the board should be decriminalized.The post Another Nation to Decriminalize Drugs, Including Heroin and Cocaine appeared first on The Anti-Media.
When 23-year-old Sarah Brison awoke at 1 a.m. one early July morning with excruciating chest pain, she thought she was having a panic attack. A heart attack didn’t cross her mind; after all, she was a fit and healthy gym rat. There was no reason to believe it was anything serious.
Even when the Surrey, England, woman’s vision went blurry, she suddenly couldn’t feel her limbs and she started to sweat profusely, she was still in denial about the grave danger she was in. Healthy women in their early 20s don’t have serious health problems.
A new paint manufactured by Sherwin-Williams may help stop the spread of “superbugs” in hospitals and other places that are notorious for the spread of drug-resistant bacteria.
Boy oh boy, I've wanted to get back to this vital topic! Finally! Despite the fact that there is evidence of real world harm to the environment and all living things, we still keep getting the same old tired, false AGW spin. (I even saw, first time ever a tell-a-vision commercial for some sort of AGW alliance here in Canada!)Simply put the AGW lie benefits the petrochemical industry (profits gained) and EDC restriction or removal would harm the petrochemical industry (profits lost) In a way this is much like the big bad tobacco meme- Was it the tobacco?
The news began circulating Monday morning.The post Did the United Nations Just Call for the Decriminalization of All Drugs? appeared first on The Anti-Media.
Law enforcement and health officials believe a batch of bad heroin is behind a rash of nearly 75 overdoses in Chicago that occurred between Tuesday and Thursday of last week.
The Food and Drug Administration is changing dispensing requirements for the drug clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, and to treat suicidal behavior in individuals with the disorders.
