An inconvenient truth for drug warriors. As more and more Americans consider the pros and cons of cannabis legalization, many points are worth repeating, and chief among them: cannabis actually decreases the risk of lung cancer. It’s a counter-intuitive notion, since tobacco smoking causes cancer, marijuana smoking must as well. But as ... MORE
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David Downs: Seeking To Prove The Opposite, Scientist Finds Smoking Marijuana Decreases Lung Cancer Risk
An inconvenient truth for drug warriors. As more and more Americans consider the pros and cons of cannabis legalization, many points are worth repeating, and chief among them: cannabis actually decreases the risk of lung cancer. It’s a counter-intuitive notion, since tobacco smoking causes cancer, marijuana smoking must as well. But as ... MOREThe Nanny State Sets Its Sights On The Stogie Set
by James Bovard. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is finalizing regulations that could ban the sale of most of the cigars currently available in the United States. The FDA
last year uncorked a 241-page, 70,000 word barrage of proposed
restrictions on the sales and marketing of tobacco products. Some
congressmen are pushing back against the ... MOREKelly McLauglin: Morgan Freeman Makes Impassioned Plea For Legalization Of Cannabis While Discussing His Habit
'I'll eat it, drink it, smoke it, snort it' Hollywood's favorite narrator Morgan Freeman opened up about being an advocate for legalizing marijuana last week, claiming that 'pot is very useful'. Freeman, 77, is a longtime user who was turned on to the drug by his first wife 'many years ago'. 'I'll eat it, drink it, smoke it, snort it! This movement is ... MORE40 Percent Of Americans On Food Stamps Are Obese
by Chuck Ross. A new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds that
Americans receiving food stamps are more likely to be overweight and
obese than those who do not receive assistance. The USDA analyzed data
from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for
the years between 2007 and 2010 and found that ... MOREEmergency Room Visits Continue to Rise Under Obamacare
by Peter Suderman. Another Obamacare promise bites the dust. In September, 2009, President Obama gave a prime time speech to the
joint Congress making the case for the health care law that would come
to be known as Obamacare. Much of the speech was devoted to explaining
and justifying the law’s major components. Subsidies, he argued, ... MOREBeing A Good Mom Puts Her At Odds With Her Government
by John Pendygraft. Mom of epileptic son caught in Charlotte's Web medical marijuana bureaucracy. Just as 13-year-old Branden Petro flops into the passenger seat of
his mom's car, his eyes roll back. His face twitches uncontrollably. He
curls into a fetal position. It is his third seizure on a particularly bad day. His mother, Renee
Petro, 36, jumps ... MOREStudy Confirms E-Cigarettes Generate Virtually No Toxins
by Jacob Sullum. Does it matter to the option destroyers? Anti-smoking activists and public health
officials who question the usefulness of electronic cigarettes in
reducing tobacco-related disease often talk as if the content of
the aerosol generated by these newfangled contraptions is utterly
mysterious. While it may be plausible that the absence of
... MORERonald Bailey: The Red Meat, Eggs, Fat And Salt Diet
Government nutrition nannies get it wrong. Progressives tend to believe that government knows best. The unfolding fiasco over government nutrition misinformation should give them pause. For years now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been recommending that "everyone age 2 and up should consume less than 2,300 ... MOREGilbert Ross: The Madness Of The War On E-Cigs
Corruption + distorted facts = clampdown on vaping. Is it mass insanity, or something even darker, that has led America’s public-health leaders to engage in a mass assault on electronic cigarettes? To put this in perspective, their target is not smoking, our number-one preventable health problem, but a product that could prove to ... MOREJ.D. Tuccille: Check Out On Your Own Terms
Tragic or self-empowering? Every couple of years, some well-intentioned scribbler pens a
hand-wringer about the national tragedy of suicide among the
elderly. "Suicide
rate for elderly men is alarming," noted Dennis Streets in the
Chatham Journal last month. "Suicide
rates are high among the elderly," cautioned Paula Span in a
2013 New York ... MOREPublic Health Nannies Won't Admit: E-Cigs Save Lives
by Bill Godshall. In sharp contrast to the Trib's fear-mongering headlines and Adam Smeltz's news story “Western Pa. cancer specialists call for electronic cigarette crackdown”
, the scientific and empirical evidence indicates vaping is 99 percent
less hazardous than smoking cigarettes, is more effective for quitting
smoking than are FDA- ... MOREDid Border Crisis Trigger Measles Outbreak?
by Joel B. Pollack. More than a coincidence. A quick review of the U.S. State Department visa requirements for immigrant visas
reveals that applicants must be vaccinated for measles prior to their
approval. Measles vaccination is not required for tourist visas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nor is it required for any ... MORENew Surgeon General Should Prescribe Honesty On E-Cigs
by Sally Satel, Forbes. Early last week, the nation’s new Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, said health officials are “in desperate need of clarity” on electronic cigarettes to help guide policies. The technology should be embraced, he said, if evidence shows e-cigarettes are able to help those who otherwise have trouble quitting smoking. Dr. ... MOREKim Bellware: Despite Medical Marijuana Having Been Legal In Illinois For Over A Year, No Patients Have Benefited
Government obstruction at its best. Medical marijuana has been legal in Illinois for more than 365 days,
but the number of patients that have actually been able to get relief
from the drug remains a big fat zero. While 600 local patients have already been approved
for a medical marijuana card, there's no place to actually buy the
stuff. And ... MOREJacob Sullum: Are E-Cigarettes Displacing the Real Thing?
Technology's healthier choice. Survey results released last week indicate that use of electronic cigarettes by American teenagers continues to rise, even as their use of conventional cigarettes continues to fall. You might think these diverging trends would give pause to critics who worry that e-cigarettes are "reglamorizing" the old- ... MORE
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