Health
President Obama Angry About VA Scandal, Deputy Undersecretary Resigns, Business As Usual
More anger than accountability
The Feds Say: Don't You Dare Call Marijuana Medicine
The Justice Department prosecutes medical marijuana patients while tolerating commercial cannabis.
3 Ways to Make Obamacare Less Horrible
It's a dumb and deeply offensive law, but it can be made less dumb and less offensive.
Pregnant Women Increasingly Face Criminal Prosecution for Positive Drug Tests
Hello fetus, goodbye civil liberties
These Excessive Regulations That Have Crushed Businesses for Years May Threaten Obamacare Next. How Sad.
Obamacare's champions fear a ballot initiative could strangle Covered California with profiteering, delays, and too much bureaucracy.
Truvada: Chill Pill or Party Drug?
A new method of HIV prevention leads to old-school sex-shaming
Video Games Build Strong Brains
Too often treated as a social vice rather than a supplement to veggies and fresh air, video games may actually be good for you.
'Tobacco Products' That Aren't
FDA regulation of e-cigarettes could amount to a slow-motion ban.
Mississippi and Oklahoma Governors Sign New Abortion Restrictions
In Mississippi, abortions after 18 weeks are banned, while Oklahoma doctors will have to follow outdated protocols when prescribing abortion drugs.
Ohio Alt-Weekly 'Can't Locate' Anyone to Argue Against Legal Weed
The Dayton City Paper, an alt-weekly out of Dayton, Ohio, recently ran a "debate" on marijuana legalization. On one side of the page, a DCP staffer argued in favor of Ohio moving to legalize. The other side of the page was mostly blank.