Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

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Drug addiction destroys lives. It leaves children orphaned, wrecks the health of users it doesn't kill and turns the downtowns of major cities into homeless encampments.

A long-time friend of mine was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. I've known him for 30 years and have never once seen him smoke a cigarette or even smelled cigarette smoke on him. Marijuana is another story.

There are a number of candidates for humanity’s greatest advances. The control of fire 400,000 years ago may be at the top of the list, because fire provided warmth, cooked food, and the ability to smelt metals from ores. 

This video is formatted from the original work of Dr. Chuck Dinerstein. Find it here.

CBD and THC have been studied to death, but chemists are still finding new things to say about the surprisingly simple reaction that connects them.

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Here’s a discovery I wish had been around when I was younger: a silver-based cavity killer called silver diamine fluoride (SDF).

A new CDC report should be old news for ACSH readers.