Imagining Rational Drug Policy: If You Build It, It Will Come

Imagining Rational Drug Policy: If You Build It, It Will Come
By definition, these drugs have no accepted medical use, a high potential for abuse and are deemed too dangerous to use even under the care of a physician. If we are to have rational conversations about how to best regulate marijuana in the U.S., … Read more on Huffington Post

Obamacare: States Experimenting To Lower Health Care Costs
Economists say soaring health care costs are driven primarily by industry consolidation and expensive new medical technologies and prescription drugs. The Affordable Care Act's cost-containment section reduces Medicare reimbursements to providers and … Read more on Huffington Post

Journalist group considers name change in solidarity with bloggers
The resolution read, “Any attempts by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., or any other federal lawmakers to create a restrictive definition of 'journalist' in the context of a shield law is an affront to journalism and to First Amendment rights of a … Read more on Daily Caller

Human trafficking plight topic of Wednesday discussion
The forum was focused on girls and young women because they make up 80 percent of the market for human trafficking, an industry that has reached the $ 32 billion level of business, about the same amount as that of the international drug trade, Nacke … Read more on Lexington Clipper Herald

Drugs & Addiction : What Is Drug Dependency?
Drug dependency is an escalated stage of drug use where the user thinks they need the drug to survive, and treatment revolves around changing their thought p…