The Impact Of Smoking Marijuana Regularly On Your Lungs, According To Science

Why is marijuana still classified as a dangerous drug when study after study shows it to be safer than tobacco?

Sam P.K. Collins for Think Progress
By Sam P.K. Collins for Think Progress
Rachel Schaefer of Denver smokes marijuana on the official opening night of Club 64, a marijuana-specific social club, where a New Year's Eve party was held, in Denver, Monday Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Evolving attitudes about marijuana among the majority of Americans, as well as decriminalization laws starting to sweep the nation, have done little to quell questions about the health effects of longtime use among medical professionals, lawmakers, and people on both sides of an ongoing debate about the plant. Even with a dearth of research, the

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New Bill Gives Hope To Terminally Ill Patients Seeking Expirmental Drugs

Known as the “Right to Try” bill, the proposed law would let terminally-ill patients take potentially life-saving drugs not yet approved for the public.

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus
Cassidy Hempel, Chris Hempel

A bill that is making its way in various forms through several state legislatures would allow some terminally ill patients to try new drugs that have not been vetted by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a powerful Libertarian think tank. The Goldwater Institute, an Arizona-based outsized organization that plays a huge role in Arizona

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Hazardous Chemical On Receipts Found In Urine

Researchers recently learned that a chemical on receipts can be absorbed through human hands, adding to shoppers’ grocery lists of concerns.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
In this Nov. 18, 2011 file photo, a man pays at the cash register at a Wal-Mart Superstore in Mexico City. (AP Photo)

Researchers reported Tuesday that the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) was found in the urine of people who had been handling receipts coated in the chemical earlier in the day, indicating that the chemical was absorbed through the hands. Though it remains unclear what this could mean for the health of everyday shoppers, it does raise concerns about

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