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I am pretty sure that Tory Health Minister Tony Clement has never had to live in a neighbourhood ravaged by drug-related crime. I’m pretty sure that he’s never had friends bounced between rehab and jail, unable to get proper treatment for their disease because drug use is considered a criminal, rather than a medical issue. […]

It is really really bad to do pharmaceutical experiments on soldiers. It’s obviously wrong to perform such experiments on anyone without really strong checks for safety and informed consent.
But, y’know, if the experiments have already been done, we may as well admit that the results are, in some cases, basically hilarious.

“But one hour and ten […]

Lookin’ forward to seeing it in it’s proper musical form
Chasity rings and modesty fetishes aren’t the only way to bring back the ’50s - don’t forget about the scaremongering over the tawdry evils associated with the devil’s weed.
Using marijuana seems to increase the chance of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past research […]

Ummm-um-um-um-um! You can’t sell a product with a naughty name in this country or else you get in big trubs with our dictatorial overlords. Just ask the makers of the energy drink name “Cocaine,” who have decided to temporarily halt production of the brand after receiving “threats” from the FDA.

Cocaine […]

I was rather surprised to see J Train in the comments at Pandagon whip this out
Shouldn’t this kind of thing put a doctor’s medical license in jeopardy?
I can’t imagine why. In general, unless a patient’s life or health is in immediate danger (and pregnancy doesn’t count), he’s under no obligation to write any prescription for […]

Everybody’s favorite coffee underdog made a bold move to capture a new demographic: they quoted Wesley Smith from the Discovery Institute on one of their cups.

For the record, that quote reads:
The morality of the 21st century will depend on how we respond to this simple but profound question: Does every human life have equal moral […]

The title pretty much sums up last week.
My dead bird tattoo* makes my arm itch like hell, in part because the tattoo artist insists on shaving my arm (why can’t they tattoo around the hair? for me?) and in part because every time I get ink I scab up like a muthafucka. Luckily, […]

Gentle/wo/men, light your fat ones.
It’s been a long-held belief by many avid users, but Metafilter posted the results of a study reported on WebMD that indicates marijuana smokers show no increased risk of lung cancer.
Despite this:
“We know that there are as many or more carcinogens and co-carcinogens in marijuana smoke as in cigarettes,” […]

Rush Limbaugh has been arrested and charged with drug fraud.
Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh on Friday turned himself into the Palm Beach County Jail to face a charge of fraud for concealing information to obtain a prescription.
He was quickly released after posting $3,000 bond, jail officials said. Prosecutors alleged that Limbaugh violated the state’s “doctor shopping” […]

Allow me to paint a picture:
After college, a few twists and turns left me as a social worker in the rural Midwest. When I go on home visits, I look for propane tanks with brass fittings turned teal green — or any tank fitting gone to rust. I test the air for the […]