DHEC Board takes action on ‘bath salts’ and synthetic marijuana
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The S.C. Board of Health and Environmental Control has reclassified three substances that are commonly known as “bath salts,” and five substances used to make synthetic marijuana as schedule I controlled substances.
“State law authorizes the DHEC Board to designate a substance as a controlled substance in this state if the federal government has issued the same designation,” said Carl Roberts, general counsel for DHEC.
Roberts said the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration listed three substances often marketed as “bath salts,” but actually ingested as psychoactive drugs, as schedule I controlled substances effective Oct. 21. The three sub
Mark Bittman Corrects Fact-Resistant Food Policy Analysts…Such As Mark Bittman
Thanks to Katherine Mangu-Ward’s recent Washington Post op-ed piece about the folly of government efforts to reshape our diets, I noticed a strikingly oblivious Mark Bittman column from last month. “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” the headline asks. The short answer: No, it isn’t. The longer version:
The “fact” that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes. I frequently read confident statements like, “when a bag of chips is cheaper than a head of broccoli…” or “it’s more affordable to feed a family of four at McDonald’s than to cook a healthy meal for them at home.”
This is just plain wrong. In
Increasing mental health problems in the US?
John Hopkins released some new statistics recently, indicating there has been an increase of about 2 million adults who suffer from mental illness since 1997. These statistics were based on self-reports in 2007, and the specific cause is not indicated. The study was published in the American Journal of Public Health.
When you read about statistics like this, do you question them? I don’t doubt at all there is an increase in self-reporting of mental illness, but I question if there is an actual increase versus more awareness. While the report did not indicate a reason for the increase, the implication was that there are more people disabled from mental illness now versus 10 years ago.
Meditation and allergies
Meditation has been extolled for being able to reduce stress and bring inner peace but can it also reduce your allergies, strengthen your immune system and keep you healthier? A growing body of evidence suggests that yes it can. Meditation can be many things, including breathing exercises, mantra repetition, guided imagery, relaxation techniques and more. All of these are designed to promote a relaxed state of being which can be beneficial if you have a medical condition, such as allergies, that is worsened by stress. A growing body of evidence suggests that meditation may help reduce inflammation which can benefit such conditions as: allergies, anxiety disorders, asthma, binge eating, cancer, depression, fatigue, heart disease, high blood pressure, pain, sleep problems and substance abuse. Read full post…
A Combination of Natural Ingredients and Technology for Personal Care Products
Body care using natural products do not have major side effects, provided the product contains natural ingredients. Being recognized for using natural products, gives one a similar high, as they get for being known for using branded fragrances, or products. There are many products that deploy technology to address different skin care and body care problems.
In that line, come natural body care products. Using essential oils on one’s body, will give it a different kind of sheen and vitality. This is achieved only when oils used are guaranteed for its purity. Tea tree oil enriched products are of high demand. This is because tea tree oil is considered very good for skin. H Read full post…
Body Scanner Operators Affected By The Device
It was about to happen, as there were questions regarding the safety of the airport body scanners, and now a story emerges claiming that cancer rates to TSA workers operating the devices has risen.
According to this report, the TSA has been caught covering up the rise in cancer cases of TSA workers who operate these devices. The information was gathered from FOIA or Freedom Of Information Act documents that were acquired by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
It was the Union for the workers in Boston that noticed the rise in cancer rates amongst their workers and then the TSA tried to avoid the issue by not issuing dosimeters to the workers to test for the measure of levels of exposure. Thats like not giving firefighters, firefighting gear.