Washington Legislature Approves Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
The unregulated outlets compete with state-licensed stores.
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Nobel Laureates Call For Halting Scientific and Ethical Progress
Permissionless innovation works best for both scientific and moral progress.
Robert Kennedy Jr. Raves On About the Vaccination "Holocaust"
Not a shred of scientific evidence supports his ranting
Can a Spending Rider Save a Medical Marijuana Supplier From Prison Seven Years After He Was Convicted?
Two congressmen rebuke the DOJ for breaking the law by continuing to pursue such cases.
Poll Finds Majority Support for Legal Marijuana in Three Swing States
Voters are especially tolerant of medical use.
An Old New Way To Stop AIDS
When invited to trade filthy used needles for sterile new ones, drug users often take the safer route.
Uncle Sam's Expanded Marijuana Menu
A new list of offerings suggests the government's cannabis monopoly is suddenly aiming to please.
Arizona Law Now Forces Doctors to Say Abortion Can Be Reversed
The provision not only puts women at risk but may run afoul of the First Amendment.
Congress Considers Limiting Pot Prohibition
A bipartisan bill would legalize medical marijuana in states that allow it.
Landmark Bill Would Legalize Medical Marijuana in States That Allow It
The CARERS Act could be a turning point in the national debate about a much-maligned plant.
Extremely Limited Medical Marijuana Use May Be Coming to Georgia
Cannabis oil would be legal in some cases-if you can get your hands on it.
The CBO's New Doc Fix Score Undermines the Case for a Permanent SGR Repeal
The doc fix deal is a bet, but not a very good one.
Does Popular Herbicide Glyphosate Cause Cancer? Probably Not
Anti-GMO types are ecstatic over regulatory ruling that the herbicide is a probable human carcinogen.
"Knowledge is power," says Angelina Jolie Pitt with Respect to Genetic Testing
The FDA disagrees and prefers ignorance
Bailey Lecturing in Russia and Ukraine on the Liberation of Medicine
How technology is freeing both patients and physicians from the medical industrial complex
Barbara Boxer and Dean Heller Back Federal Legalization of Medical Marijuana in States That Allow It
The senators cosponsor a bill that protects patients and providers from federal harassment.
5 Ways States Are Trying to Erode Abortion Access This Week
As a bonus, a few of the measures will also put women and abortion doctors in more danger.
Senators Pitch a Bill Legalizing Medical Marijuana in States That Allow It
The CARERS Act would eliminate federal interference with patients and providers.
It's Stupid Season. Have You Been Vaccinated?
How the press turned a local issue into the first controversy of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Apple Just Announced ResearchKit: iOS Software For Collecting Medical Information That'll Be Severely Limited Because of the FDA
How the FDA will limit the usefulness of Apple's latest innovation.
Superbugs Are Outstripping Antibiotics
Bacteria can evolve. Maybe federal policymakers can as well, before it's too late.
Is Addiction a Chronic Brain Disease?
Drug addiction is not caused by the effects of drugs alone.
Study Confirms That E-Cigarettes Generate Virtually No Toxins
Levels are about the same as those found in air.
Jurors in Florida Marijuana Case Accept Medical Necessity Defense
A man suffering from anorexia successfully argued that he needs cannabis to stay alive.
Medical Marijuana Growers Escape Mandatory Minimums
Jurors reject four out of five charges against the remaining Kettle Falls Five defendants.
Is Psychiatry All Better Now?
Gary Greenberg argues just throwing out Freud doesn't cure psychiatry of its ills.
Facing 15 Years to Life, Medical Marijuana Grower Testifies Against His Friends
The Kettle Falls Five trial begins with a defection.
Half the Number of Kids Die Before Age Five Now Than Did In 1990
Global life expectancy up more than six years too.
Head Transplant in 2 Years, Proposes Surgeon
Better to be the donor than the recipient in this case
The Kettle Falls Five, Now Four, Go on Trial This Wednesday
Medical marijuana patients face 10 years or more in federal prison.
The Obama Administration Doesn't Know Why 800,000 Obamacare Tax Forms Were Sent Out With Errors
Botched forms suggest the complexity of the law, even for those trying to implement it.
Michigan Cops Protect Citizens by Stealing Leaf Blowers From Cancer Patients
Medical marijuana growers face forfeiture.
The Economic Way of Thinking About Health Care
Health insurance does not grow wild and abundant in nature or fall from the sky like manna.
