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A marijuana mall is in the works in Colorado

A marijuana mall is in the works in Colorado

Posted by | Feb 26, 2016 |

A marijuana mall is in the works in Colorado Developers have targeted the town of Trinidad, Colorado as the site for the country’s first ever ‘marijuana mini mall’. Sean Sheridan and Chris Elkins, two of the developers, state that the friendly town is the perfect place for the project, thanks to tourism and laws.  “This town has a zero-foot setback, which allows us to put five dispensaries here right next to one another. As far as we know, we are the only town in Colorado that we can do this in,” said Elkins. As KRDO reports, “The group recently purchased...

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Painkiller deaths drop by 25% in states with legalized medical marijuana

Painkiller deaths drop by 25% in states with legalized medical marijuana

Posted by | Feb 26, 2016 |

Painkiller deaths drop by 25% in states with legalized medical marijuana A study put out by the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2014 made an interesting discovery.  In every state that had legalized medical marijuana between 1999 and 2010 (13 states in all), there was a 25% reduction in deaths related to the overdose of legally prescribed opioids. “The difference is quite striking,” said study co-author Colleen Barry, a health policy researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.  She notes that the trend became visible in every state a year after the pot was...

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Erin Brockovich urges people to question the value of water fluoridation

Erin Brockovich urges people to question the value of water fluoridation

Posted by | Feb 26, 2016 |

Erin Brockovich urges people to question the value of water fluoridation In this clip from Dr. Oz, Erin and Oz discuss water fluoridation’s possible value and danger. Internationally renowned clean-water campaigner, Erin Brockovich, urged her Facebook followers to question water fluoridation’s value in recent posts while on a trip to Australia to discuss water contamination. “Do your own reading,” she urged people, posting a link to research claiming that fluoride accumulates, in high levels, in the human pineal gland. Brockovich became a world-wide celebrity when Julia Roberts played her in the 2000 filmErin Brockovich.  Since then, she has campaigned...

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San Francisco Becomes First City To Ban The Sale Of Plastic Bottles

San Francisco Becomes First City To Ban The Sale Of Plastic Bottles

Posted by | Feb 26, 2016 | ,

San Francisco Becomes First City To Ban The Sale Of Plastic Bottles Plastic pollution is one of the greatest burdens to the environment. Believe it or not, enough plastic is discarded every year to circle the globe four times. Even worse, it is estimated that 50% of the plastic on this planet is used only once before being thrown away. To curb the issue of plastic pollution, the city of San Francisco has just done something monumental: it has become the first in America to ban the sale of plastic water bottles.  The move is building a global movement to reduce the huge amount of waste from the billion-dollar...

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US war vet transforms wheelchair into snow plow and plows the whole neighborhood

US war vet transforms wheelchair into snow plow and plows the whole neighborhood

Posted by | Feb 26, 2016 | ,

US war vet transforms wheelchair into snow plow and plows the whole neighborhood Justin Anderson decided to take his wheelchair to the next level and installed a snow blade onto the front of the machine, in order to plow the sidewalks and driveways in his neighborhood. Anderson is happy to give back to the community, keeping walkways safe for adults and children.  “The community has supported me immensely with my struggles and tough times as I had a leg amputated and my fight with brain cancer. This is my way of giving back,” he said.  “I don’t want kids...

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