23 posts tagged “health news”
If lawmakers really wanted to address marijuana use, they would regulate and tax pot like they do tobacco.
According
to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control, fewer
Americans are smoking cigarettes than at any time in modern history.
"The number of U.S. adults who smoke has dropped below 20 percent for
the first time on record," Reuters reported. This is less than half the
percentage (42 percent) of Americans who smoked cigarettes during the
1960s.
Imagine that. In the past 40 years, tens of millions of
Americans have voluntarily quit smoking a legal, yet highly addictive
intoxicant. Many others have refused to initiate the habit. And they've
all made this decision without ever once being threatened with criminal
prosecution and arrest, imprisonment, probation, and drug testing.
By
contrast, during this same period of time, state and local police have
arrested some 20 million Americans for pot law violations -- primarily
for violations no greater than simple possession. And yet marijuana use
among the public has skyrocketed.
Jason Rosenbaum points to a CNN interview but provides analysis (including the following):Another admission from the McCain campaign that their health care plan is nothing more than a bunch of right-wing platitudes thrown together without any real serious thought as to how to solve the health care crisis
People who smoke marijuana do not appear to be at increased risk for developing
lung cancer, new research suggests.While a clear increase in cancer risk was seen among cigarette smokers in the study, no such association was seen for regular cannabis users.
Even very heavy, long-term marijuana users who had smoked more than 22,000 joints over a lifetime seemed to have no greater risk than infrequent marijuana users or nonusers.
The findings surprised the study’s researchers, who expected to see an increase in cancer among people who smoked marijuana regularly in their youth.
“We know that there are as many or more carcinogens and co-carcinogens in marijuana smoke as in cigarettes,” researcher Donald Tashkin, MD, of UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine tells WebMD. “But we did not find any evidence for an increase in cancer risk for even heavy marijuana smoking.” Carcinogens are substances that cause cancer.
Tashkin presented the findings today at The American Thoracic Society’s 102nd
International Conference, held in San Diego.
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Everyone agrees that we need cheaper, better, easier care for everyone. You know it. The guy heading to the White House knows it. Congress knows it. But knowing and doing aren't necessarily neighbors in Washington, D.C.
The list of medical uses for marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) continues to grow. The Journal of Natural Products recently published a paper outlining the newly isolated antibiotic effects of the class of molecules known as cannabanoids. This group includes the non-psychoactive cannabichromene, cannabigerol, and cannabidiol but also includes...
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Check out the trailer for Diagnosis: NOW!, the new documentary from Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films. The full documentary will be premiering at over 300 house parties hosted by people in communities across the country. On Sunday, September 14th, folks will gather to view the documentary and take action to help win quality, affordable HC ...
Regeneration of cells. Maybe, but if it works. Wow! Well, we'll see.
by Dale Gieringer, Ph.D.Coordinator, California NORML
Myth: Marijuana is a Dangerous Drug
Myth: Marijuana is Harmless
Myth: One Joint Equals One Pack (or 16, or maybe just 4) Cigarettes
Myth: Prohibition Reduces the Harmfulness of Pot Smoking
Myth: No One Has Ever Died From Using Marijuana
Myth: Marijuana is a Major Road Safety Hazard
Myth: Marijuana Prohibition Improves Public Safety
Myth: Drug Urinalysis Improves Workplace Safety
Myth: Random Urinalysis is Needed in Safety-Sensitive Transportation Jobs
Myth: A Single Joint Has Effects That Linger for Days and Weeks
Myth: Pot is Ten Times More Potent and Dangerous Now than in the Sixties
Myth: Pot Kills Brain Cells
Myth: Marijuana Causes Sterility and Lowers Testosterone
Myth: Marijuana Causes Birth Defects
Myth: Pot Causes High Blood Pressure
Myth: Marijuana Damages the Immune System
Myth: Marijuana Causes Chromosome and Cell Damage
Myth: Marijuana Leads to Harder Drugs
City hospital officials agreed in court Tuesday to implement reforms at a psychiatric ward where surveillance footage showed a woman falling from her chair, writhing on the floor and dying as workers failed to help for more than an hour.
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