The City has invested in a widespread marketing campaign, not imploring people not to use drugs, period; but to advertise that people should do drugs “safely.” Last week, I got on a train that was wallpapered with advertisements in English and Spanish, bearing the NYC logo, that told people: “Every 6 hours a New Yorker […]
Read the rest of this entry »What Is Weathering? Is It An Argument For Reparations In Realtime?
The January 2019 edition of National Geographic states that “weathering” is “a concept developed by University of Michigan professor of public health Arline Geronimus that suggests the health of African Americans deteriorates earlier than that of whites because of the cumulative effects of racism and bias.” Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »Why Are People Buying Bear Bile?
According to the January 2019 issue of National Geographic, “A robust market for bear bile exists. In Asia bears are farmed for their bile, kept alive in small cages, with catheters inserted to drain their fluids.” The bears’ bile is purportedly so coveted because there are those who believe that, “chemicals that protect a bear’s […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Perilous Aftermath Of Daylight Savings Time
On Sunday, many people across the country turned their clocks an hour forward for Daylight Savings Time. Daylight Savings Time, originally implemented in Germany during World War II as a means to save energy, is currently observed in the United States, except for in Hawaii and Arizona. Reportedly, for the reasons stated below, Massachusetts and […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Variety Of Food Groupings: Omnivore To Carnivore, And Everything In Between
OMNIVORE: Meat, Poultry, Fish, Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains, Dairy. POLLO-PESCATARIAN: Poultry, Fish, Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains, Dairy. PESCATARIAN: Fish, Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains, Dairy. OVO-VEGETARIAN: Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains. LACTO-OVO-VEGETARIAN: Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, […]
Read the rest of this entry »How Big Is America’s Opioid Problem?
According to the September 2017 edition of National Geographic magazine: • In the United States, every 25 minutes, a baby is born addicted to opioids. • In 2015, there were 33,000 deaths due to opioid overdose. A 16% rise from the year before. According to a recent New York Daily News article: • In 2016, […]
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