Archive for June 2024

Thirty-eight states, three US territories and the District of Columbia allow cannabis for medical use, and 24 of these states also permit recreational use. Stigma over cannabis use has fallen likely due to these legal moves. While there has been an increased perception that its use is risk free, cannabis potency has increased.

Financial records from the Horatio Alger Association archives show the group has been fundraising off of an event hosted by Thomas inside the Supreme Court building.

Demonizing opioids has unintended consequences

After graduating from East Carolina University with a Master of Social Work (MSW), Breanna Culler moved away from her hometown of Stokes, North Carolina, to live and work in Poughkeepsie, New York. Then one day she received a call from Sue Anne Pilgreen, manager of the Eastern Carolina Injury Prevention Program and the Pediatric Asthma Program at ECU Health.

Carlot Celestin, a psychologist with Mattapan’s Immigrant Family Services Institute, said cultural and language barriers can lead to misunderstandings between migrant families and state agencies.

When someone eats a poor quality diet, there is reduced gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) and elevated glutamate — both neurotransmitters, along with reduced grey matter volume — in the frontal area of their brain. This could explain the association between what we eat, and how we feel.

Smaller towns and villages in Sweden have suffered economically as a result of out-migration.