Marijuana and States' Rights: A Reason Debate
Drug Policy Alliance's Ethan Nadelmann and Drug Policy Institute's Kevin Sabet debate state cannabis initiatives.
Health
Hospital Patients Die of Starvation, Thirst in U.K. Hospitals
Socialized medicine! Let's try it here.
Study: Free Birth Control Leads to Fewer Abortions
This apparently needed to be studied and wasn't completely obvious
US Attempting to Shut Down Canada Drug Sites
Internet pharmacy distributed counterfeit cancer drug
Four in Minneapolis Show Meningitis Symptoms
Authorities trying to track down more than 700 injected with steroids for back or neck pain
Who's Afraid of Your Genome?
Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey files his second dispatch from the Consumer Genetics Conference.
Marijuana Dispensaries On Ballot in Four CA Cities
The goal is to force officials to allow them to operate
91 Arrested Over $420M Medicare Fraud
Expanding the system will make it more honest, of course
Sheriff's Office Tries To Trick Pain Patients Into Releasing Info
Who checks all of those forms we sign at the doctor's office?
Why U.S. Health Care Costs More Than Canada's: "A Mercedes Costs More than a Corolla"
Q&A with the Montreal Economic Institute's Michel Kelly-Gagnon
AARP Gets Competition from the Political Right
Look for the The National Association of Conservative Seniors to suck in a whole different way
LA City Council Leaps Out of the Way of Medical Marijuana Juggernaut
For once the public actually calls the shots
Feds: No Contraception Exception for Bible Publisher
The publisher's not a religious employer according to the Department of Health and Human Services
DEA Targets Pot Shop in Building Owned by Former Calif. City Manager
Part of latest group of actions
Los Angeles Repeals Ban on Marijuana Dispensaries
But the city council clowns openly say they hope the feds will do the job for them
Feds Tell States To Expand Medicaid or Lose Money
But also says they can back out at any time, which suggests some face-saving is at hand
Medicare Now Fines Hospitals for Readmitting Patients
That couldn't have any unexpected consequences, could it?
LA Medical Marijuana is Well-Regulated — by the Industry
Doing things right doesn't require the government
Majority of Physicians Want To Quit Medicine
The numbers despairing over regulation, compensation and powerlessness are soaring
Ill. Court: Pharmacies Not Required to Sell Morning-After Pill
Declares rule unconstitutional under state laws
57 Patients May Be Affected by Boston Paramedic's Drug-Tampering
Though health officials aren't exactly sure what happened.
South Africa to Begin HIV Vaccine Trial
Will be phase III in the trial of a vaccine that had thirty-one percent success in Thailand
Will Pot Become Legal?
Weed would remain illegal under federal law, but good luck to the feds trying to enforce that ban if a state abandons it.
