'Marijuana Mom' Lobby Emerges as a Powerful Advocate for Ill Children

'Marijuana Mom' lobby emerges as a powerful advocate for ill children
In the 1970s and '80s, mothers were on the other side of the issue, successfully fending off efforts to decriminalize marijuana with heartbreaking stories about how their teenage children's lives unraveled when they began to use the drug. Mothers have …
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(Hi)stories our bodies tell: Experiencing racism
She writes of seeking care for lupus that, “many of the doctors I encountered after I moved to the South, were more willing to believe that I was a drug addict than a PhD candidate.” Her story is emblematic of disturbing trends of unequal treatment …
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The FDA Will Kill You
Though the movie takes more than a few liberties with the story of the real Ron Woodroof, its depiction of the drug-approval process is worth taking seriously. Most of the time, the FDA is considered as an unalloyed good, the only thing … That was …
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