Legislators prepare to regulate euphoric ‘gas station’ drug
A growing number of young adults are abusing a ‘gas station’ drug for its euphoric properties similar to opioids like heroin.
Based on current medical research, medical marijuana should not be legalized in North Carolina. We all want to be compassionate and help people in need. As we look for potential health benefits of marijuana, we also need to look at the harm to individuals, their families, their community, and our state. To find the facts, we need to...
When the Tobacco Control Act (TCA) was signed in 2009, it had the admirable goals of eliminating youth smoking and reducing tobacco-related harms. President Obama called the bill the “kids tobacco legislation,” and vowed that the “law will reduce the number of American children who pick up a cigarette and become adult smokers.” But he was clear that the...
Babies and their parents across the country, including North Carolina, continue to pay the price for the baby formula shortage that began months ago.
Assigning infallibility to government action is a fool’s errand. It’s a common refrain in libertarian and conservative circles, and its truth is grounded in history, as well as the government’s continuing and ubiquitous intrusion and overreach. I won’t take credit for the aforementioned paraphrased statement because Scott Maitland said it this week as we talked...
In cancer studies regarding saccharin, the rats were force-fed such high dosages that a person would have to drink 800 cans of diet soda a day to get the same exposure.