Health Care
Masks cause their own health problems
Melkorka Licea writes for the New York Post about a new malady tied to one of the most common responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that dentists have reopened their…
Methamphetamine
central nervous system stimulant
Liberty
COVID-19’s impact on global drug use
Anna Giaritelli of the Washington Examiner highlights the coronavirus pandemic’s potential impact on drug use worldwide. Illicit drug use shot up 30% worldwide over the past decade and is expected…
Regulation
An all-time, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, stuffy-head…policy
It can't make Carolina cold and allergy sufferers feel any better to know that, while they're stymied in purchasing effective over-the-counter treatment, rogue chemists are staying ahead of policymakers trying…
Liberty
The Smoker You Drink, . . .
WLOS tested the waters to find out what folks on the Res thought about the US Justice Department’s announcement that is being construed to mean reservations could grow and sell…
Law & Public Safety
Will the war on drugs claim another victim?
I was just perusing some of the new bills being filed when I came across this latest addition to our war on drugs. Four House members have filed a bill…
Liberty
Addicts Will Always Find A Way, No Matter The Laws
I’m fighting a terrible cold right now. Between sneezes and coughs, I’ve been reading Jon Sanders’ column about the latest idea to force me to visit a doctor to get…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Duke Cheston reports for Carolina Journal Online that some private colleges in North Carolina and across the country are taking aim at spiraling tuition costs. Jon Sanders’ Daily Journal says…
Liberty
More get-tough-on-meth laws coming?
My latest newsletter discusses why requiring a prescription for OTC cold medication won’t be effective against meth, but will make treating symptoms even more difficult for cold and allergy sufferers.…
Liberty
Try not to catch cold in NC, please; we have meth-heads
View in your browser. The Associated Press is reporting, “NC lawmakers to consider tougher laws on meth.” That’s intriguing news because this year saw new, tougher laws on meth, and…
Liberty
Mayfield: "That (Blank) is Trash"
Now that’s a proper NASCAR feud. Whee-doggie! From the top, yes, Jeremy Mayfield could be the die-hard meth head NASCAR is trying so very hard to make him out to…
Liberty
Diehl 1, NASCAR 0
Big surprise. A federal judge has sided with driver Jeremy Mayfield in his bid to lift the suspension NASCAR placed on him following what NASCAR claims was a positive drug…
Liberty
NASCAR Attempts to Cover Tail
Of course NASCAR has counter-sued suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield. The body cannot let stand the revelation that it allowed Mayfield to race hopped up on goofballs. With the countersuit, NASCAR…