Medical Marijuana

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Manning’s Treatment Assailed

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2011 “Ridiculous counterproductive stupid" Those are the words chosen by US State Department spokesman PJ Crowley to describe the country’s treatment of Pfc Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaker being held in solitary confinement in a military jail Crowley to describe the country’s treatment of Pfc Bradley Manning. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AIDS Still an Uphill Battle

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2008 Every year about a million HIV patients globally are given potentially life-saving treatments, while about 2 1/2 times that number are infected. On top of that, the vast majority of HIV-positive people around the world don't know they're infected. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study Raises Doubts About ADHD Meds for Kids

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2007 Here's a study that the makers of Ritalin probably won't love: Researchers working on the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD, which has been tracking 600 kids in treatment for ADHD since the 1990s, now question earlier findings about the effectiveness of medication and raise new concerns. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FDA: No Medical Benefit From Marijuana

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2006 The Food and Drug Administration's statement contradicts a 1999 review by a panel of highly regarded scientists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Meth Prisons’ Springing Up Across Midwest

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2006 Inmates addicted to methamphetamine are now being treated in prisons populated solely by fellow meth addicts. The recidivism rates look promising. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Breast Cancer More Deadly to Blacks Than Whites

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2006 Black American women are 19% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, according to a new study. This is just the most recent of many studies illustrating that within our healthcare system, even after controlling for socioeconomic factors, blacks still receive a poorer quality of healthcare than whites. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Navy Warned Pentagon on Torture

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 Two years before the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, the Navy's general counsel warned the Pentagon that its wink-and-nod policies on torture would invite abuse, reports The New Yorker. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Annan Backs Guantanamo Closure

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2006 In the wake of a UN report condemning the US treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the U secretary-general says America must shut down the prison "as soon as possible" U officials react about as you might expect Earlier: Read about the former U interrogator whose book blew the lid off inhumane practices at Gitmo Update: From the Jordan Times (via Watching America): "It is immensely sad that the U should end up imitating the worst aspects of the very systems it says it wants to 'democratize'". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blair Advisor Urged Prescribing Free Heroin

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2006 He recommended that the prime minister try to undercut the $6-billion-per-year black market, and to free heroin users from having to commit crimes to buy their drugs. | storyHey, at least it's more progressive than N.Y. state's draconian and racist Rockefeller Laws. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )