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Smoking kills your skin... duh!

http://www.cnn.com Posted by dogman 506 days ago

A new study shows that smoking harms more than just facial skin. Even skin that is covered and not exposed to the sun shows wrinkling and aging in s read more

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Stevens: Smoking pot akin to drinking during prohibition

http://rawstory.com Posted by admin 384 days ago

In his dissent on a recent free-speech case, Justice John Paul Stevens wades into the war-on-drugs debate, comparing modern-day pot smokers with "otherwise law-abiding patrons of bootleggers and speakeasies," during the prohibition era.Stevens, who t read more

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The Key To Good Health That No One Is Talking About

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 379 days ago

The public generally believes that poor lifestyle choices, faulty genes and infectious agents are the major factors that give rise to illness. Here's the rest of the story. read more

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Bush Trying to Kill Child Health Care

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 378 days ago

Congress is considering bipartisan legislation that will cover poor children in the U.S. The major obstacle? President Bush is vowing to veto the bill. read more

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When 'High Society' Had a Conscience: The Life of Nancy Cunard

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 376 days ago

Lois Gordon's new biography of Nancy Cunard brings the legendary 1920's philanthropist and racial activist back to life. read more

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Getting Busted for Pot Can Cost Your Right to Vote

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 373 days ago

Once you've been arrested for the harsh anti-marijuana laws on the books, you can be denied everything from food stamps to voting rights to the right to adopt a child. read more

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Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 360 days ago

A new attempt to scare pot smokers in Britain alleges that smoking pot can increase the risk of becoming "psychotic." A quick glance at the data cited reveals no such correlation. read more

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Abu Ghraib abuse just tip of the iceberg: author

http://rawstory.com Posted by admin 353 days ago

Those people truely to blame for the degrading treatment of Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad's infamous Abu Ghraib jail remain in the shadows, while such abuses continue unchecked and unseen.That's the view of American author Tara McKelvey, who sought to u read more

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New "Mad Men" TV Show Uses the Past to Reveal Racism and Sexism of Today

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 349 days ago

AMC's new TV show Mad Men uses the overtly sexist and racist atmosphere of a 1960 New York advertising office to talk about persisting issues that we're too "polite" to talk about openly. read more

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Let Afghanistan Grow the World's Opium Supply

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 342 days ago

Given that farmers are going to produce opium -- somehow, somewhere -- so long as the global demand for heroin persists, maybe the world is better off, all things considered, with 90 percent of it coming from Afghanistan. read more

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