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Opioid Abuse Plummets in States with Legal Marijuana

Opioid Abuse Plummets in States with Legal Marijuana

Posted by | Apr 5, 2017 |

According to a new study, states that have medical marijuana programs are experiencing lower rates of opioid addiction and overdoses. While critics of legal marijuana have long fear mongered and said that having access to the plant would negatively impact public health the study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, seems to paint a different story. In states with medical marijuana, hospital visits for complications from prescription painkillers are dropping, hospitalization rates for opioid abuse and dependence are roughly 23 percent lower than states without legal access, and emergency room visits for opioid overdoses are around 13 percent lower than states...

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Scientists Question the Safety of Untested 5G Technology at International Conference

Scientists Question the Safety of Untested 5G Technology at International Conference

Posted by | Apr 4, 2017 | ,

We all want the internet to be better and faster. I mean, who wants to wait for the little spinning “Loading” ball? It’s 2017 after all. But, have any of us stopped to think about the price we are willing to pay for that type of technology? I submit we haven’t. At a recent international conference, Israeli researchers presented studies showing that the same electromagnetic frequencies used for crowd control weapons will now form the foundation of the expected 5G network. But what’s terrifying is what 5G might mean. Apparently, wireless frequencies in the millimeter and submillimeter range directly...

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Nike chooses to SLASH Unsellable Shoes Rather than Donate Them

Nike chooses to SLASH Unsellable Shoes Rather than Donate Them

Posted by | Apr 4, 2017 |

When you think about the enormous need that exists in the world, do you struggle to understand why every grocery and department store doesn’t participate in a form of donation/recycling? I know I do (we’ve written about grocery stores and farms that donate items to shelters and social services). But when I found this story, I was disgusted and shocked. You’d think by now I would be totally desensitized to the greed, but I’m not. When Ryan Matzner was recently walking by piles of trash outside a big Nike store in Manhattan and found tons of shoes inside a...

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The 101-year-old Competitive Runner

The 101-year-old Competitive Runner

Posted by | Apr 4, 2017 |

If you’re like most of us, your plans for retirement may include settling down, visiting family, traveling, or taking up new hobbies. We’re guessing “enter a competitive sport” wasn’t on your list! But for Julia Hawkins, a Louisiana Great-Grandmother, that’s exactly what she’s done. Julia Hawkins has always maintained a healthy, active lifestyle as a great-grandmother and retired teacher. At age 81, she took up cycling to stay fit. She enjoys daily bike rides around her neighborhood. One day, Julia decided to go for a run instead of a bike ride. She found a new freedom through running: “With...

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Do you know the truth about your Tampons?

Do you know the truth about your Tampons?

Posted by | Apr 4, 2017 |

I often sound like a broken record but I can’t help it; more often than not, Western medicine- which is good and serves a purpose- is only catching up to what holistic practitioners and doctors have known for some time. In this case, it’s that personal care products that are full of perfumes, dyes, and chemicals aren’t safe and do have an effect on our homeostasis. And more specifically, a group of chemicals that are known endocrine disruptors. If you didn’t already guess where I was going- add tampons to that list. (I stopped using tampons years ago and instead use...

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