Our society is over-medicated, sicker than ever, and going broke along the way of ever-improving “health care reforms.” We are...
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South Africa rolls out new single dose AIDS drug
South Africa’s health minister on Monday launched a new single dose anti-AIDs drug which will simplify the world’s biggest HIV...
As marijuana goes legit, investors rush in
Pot entrepreneurs have high expectations for a future market in legalized marijuana
Anger as tobacco firm contests benefits of plain packaging
Makers of Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges launch ad campaign in Scotland challenging restrictions. Health campaigners have condemned a...
Charge pot use off to Obamacare and you
Evidence in Europe is mounting that decriminalizing marijuana has detrimental effects on the health of individuals, the health of society...
Be skeptical of pharmaceutical company claims
Ben Goldacre’s TEDTalk describes the selective bias in research and publishing which strongly favors articles with positive outcomes. In my...
U.S: Wars on drugs
Last year, more active-duty soldiers committed suicide than died in battle. This fact has been reported so often that it...
Australia: Anti-anxiety drugs worry emergency doctors
Emergency doctors are increasingly treating people who have abused prescription anti-anxiety drugs such as Xanax, a study has found. St...
Lancashire: Police need help to sniff out drugs in cannabis farm blitz
People will be given tips on how to “sniff out” cannabis farms in a bid to crack down on crime....
Liver transplant eligibility may be affected by incarceration, marijuana use and suicide attempts
Results from an anonymous survey of U.S. transplant providers report that incarceration, marijuana use, and psychiatric diagnoses, particularly suicide attempts,...