“CDC Study on Vaping‐Related Lung Injuries Strengthens the Case for Cannabis Legalization” By Jeffrey A. Singer, courtesy of the Cato Institute In what it hailed as a “breakthrough,” on November 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the results of its analysis of lung fluid samples from 29 different patients hospitalized for vaping […]
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Eastern Europe, Central Asia need harm reduction strategies to fight HIV, Hep C
Eastern Europe and Central Asia have lagged behind Western Europe and elsewhere in adopting harm reduction strategies to combat diseases spread by intravenous drug users who share dirty needles, with predictably unfortunate results. It’s time for governments in both regions to implement harm reduction strategies […]
Don’t freak out over vaping, say UK docs
While U.S. regulators and public health officials have declared war on vaping, seemingly unmoved by its potential utility for harm reduction as an alternative to smoking, their British counterparts are considerably more sanguine, judging by their response to panicked reports of a handful of deaths […]