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At the same time public support for marijuana legalization reached record highs, Obama shifted from one time medicinal cannabis sympathizer to White House weed-whacker.
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How Zealous Clergy and Their Media Enablers Are Manufacturing a Controversy Over Birth Control Coverage
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One of Congress's Most Damaging (and Racist) Budget Cuts That Flew Under the Radar
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Praying to Be Skinny and Straight: Why Evangelicals Are Concerned With Weight-loss and 'Ex-gay' Therapies
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Why New Birth Control Benefits are the Right Choice and Why Religious Conservatives Have it Wrong
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Paula Deen: Populist Cook or Diabetic Scam Artist?
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The Fascinating Scientific Reason Why "Money Doesn't Buy Happiness"
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Why a Likely Natural Event Could Cause Nuclear Reactors to Melt Down and Our Grid to Crash
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3 Ways Laws Are Stacked to Favor Fracking Companies -- And How We Can Change That
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The Brotox Era: Does Male Vanity Even the Playing Field, Or Condemn Us All to Unreachable Beauty Standards?
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Study: Smoking Pot Won't Give You Lung Cancer, or Hurt Your Lungs at All
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Should You Give Up Yoga? Experts Respond to the New York Times' "Yoga-Can-Wreck-You" Controversy
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How Genetically Modified Foods Could Affect Our Health in Unexpected Ways
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Why You May Be Drinking Soda That Contains a Dangerous Flame Retardant Banned in Europe and Japan
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Why Kids -- and Adults -- Need More Solitude
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More Nature, More Sex, More Sleep: 8 New Year's Resolutions That Will Actually Make You Happy and Healthy
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L.A.'s Dirty Coal Addiction Is Killing Arizona
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