Category: Health & Medical

What the heck is the DEA doing? CBD Oil, the oil used by tens of thousands of people to treat childhood Epilepsy, Crohn’s Disease, and multiple other medical conditions is now a Schedule I Drug. Why this move is completely wrong and the consequence of it.

According to the annual Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) fewer teens are having sex and using drugs or alcohol. In fact, today’s teenagers actually have the lowest rates of ecstasy, heroin, and meth use on record. Even more shocking is the declining number of teenagers who say they smoke cigarettes.

You get your eight hours of sleep, don’t skimp on breakfast, fill your plate with fruits and veggies and drink plenty of water throughout the day. By all accounts, you maintain a healthy lifestyle. So do you need to be taking extra vitamins?

The health reform framework that became the Affordable Care Act has a long history and many champions from all political philosophies. While the ACA will long be associated with Pres. Obama and is most often called Obamacare, many other politicians and policy makers had been working on similar plans for years including George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Mitt Romney. Sadly, full repeal of the Affordable Care Act would result in at least 18 million Americans losing health care coverage, and that would come at a political and economic cost.

“…look…once again, there is no sense of just what has to be fixed, the law is working as designed…we need a larger mandate penalty…”