A good friend of mine inspired me to write this post. In the eight or so years that we’ve known each other, she has been relentless in extolling the healing properties of ginger. And she kicked it up a notch after my diagnosis last year. When I call her complaining of mild nausea after my [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 15, 2009
round two: doctors versus obama
Last Wednesday, the American Medical Association announced plans to publicly oppose President Obama’s health care reform. The AMA, a powerful 250,000-member physicians’ group, is against a government-sponsored health care option, which it claims will restrict patients’ choices by driving out private insurers. It went on to say that a public plan would also lead to [...]
June 4, 2009
states’ rights & the politics of pot
Peter Tosh, one of reggae’s original bad boys, may have been on to something in 1976 when he promoted the use of marijuana for medical purposes in his aptly named song “Legalize It.” Of course, he also promoted it for non-medical purposes, but that’s another story. In his native Jamaica, Tosh was at the forefront [...]
