Author: ClearHealthLife

Originated in 1998 designing health and fitness programs for women. The mission expanded to include environmental and public health issues, in particular cannabis legalization and opioid education and addiction intervention. ClearHealthLife specializes in providing News of the News You Wish You Knew.

Racists Democrats Want Return to Slavery in America

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Spoken by George Santayana, a Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist, about 1863. It seems Americans have forgotten the tragic lessons of slavery in America — perpetuated by Southern Democrats. While America is criticized for this stain on her honor, only 1% of Americans actually owned … Continue reading Racists Democrats Want Return to Slavery in America →

Facebook BLOCKS Conservative Comment

Writing in The Hill, Cathy Young, reported about recent news Facebook staffers had "sought to delete Donald Trump's posts calling for restrictions on Muslim immigration as violating the company's hate speech policies" as an example of anti-conservative bias within Facebook. Young asks the question: Is there a problem of anti-conservative bias in social media? I'm a … Continue reading Facebook BLOCKS Conservative Comment →

Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard Skewer AG Sessions on Marijuana Policy

Although over 64 percent of Americans say they support the legalization of Recreational Marijuana (72% of Democrats, and a slim majority, 51%, of Republicans), and an overwhelming 94 percent of adults (96% of independents, 95% of Democrats and 90% of Republicans) support Medical Marijuana, Attorney General Jeff Sessions on January 4th rescinded three memos from the Obama administration … Continue reading Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard Skewer AG Sessions on Marijuana Policy →

Gender and Race Discrimination on Facebook

Chamath Palihapitiya, former Facebook executive, has “tremendous guilt” over the growing social network, which he feels has eroded the "core foundations of how people behave by and between each other.” “It literally is a point now where I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. That … Continue reading Gender and Race Discrimination on Facebook →

More Pregnant Women Using Cannabis

Jacqueline Howard, writing in CNN, summarizes a Kaiser Permanente Northern California study. More pregnant women seem to be using pot — sometimes to ease the nausea of morning sickness or heightened anxiety — and a new study suggests that this slight rise in marijuana use is most pronounced among those younger in age. Summary Findings The prevalence … Continue reading More Pregnant Women Using Cannabis →

Drug ODs Reduce Life Expectancy in USA

Government researchers announced life expectancy in the United States fell for the second year in a row in 2016 — claiming it’s clear the epidemic of drug overdoses is at least in part to blame. Life expectancy for a baby born in 2016 fell to 78.6 years, although a minor decline of 0.1 percent, while … Continue reading Drug ODs Reduce Life Expectancy in USA →

Drug Deaths at U.S. Workplaces Explode

Writing in Wall Street Journal, Harriet Torry alerts us that the number of U.S. deaths at work from unintentional drug and alcohol overdoses jumped more than 30% in 2016. America's struggle with the deadly opioid epidemic is now common to the workplace. Torry highlights the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries … Continue reading Drug Deaths at U.S. Workplaces Explode →

Medical Cannabis Reduces Opioid Addiction

A November 2017 study conducted by researchers at the University of New Mexico, comparing medical cannabis and prescription opioid use among chronic pain patients, found a distinct connection between having the legal ability to use cannabis and significant reductions in opioid use. This is what my preliminary research suggested. I pioneered this critical program at … Continue reading Medical Cannabis Reduces Opioid Addiction →