A couple of weeks ago I wrote about prohibition in the 1920’s and the documentary series about it. One of the observations made about alcohol availability during and after prohibition was striking. During prohibition you could get as much alcohol as you wanted...
I have written about the issues of too much sugar consumption and how it is sugar rather than fat which is the leading cause of obesity and diabetes. This infograhic shows some interesting stats on sugar consumption. Here is an infographic with fascinating statistics...
The health of people is tied in to the health of societies. There are strong correlations between the health of a society and the freedoms it allows. In turn as freedoms, particularly of expression and speech are eroded the health of societies will be affected. Some...
There has been an interesting documentary series running on TV about Prohibition in the USA. Thus far we are up to the third of five installments The 18th amendment, which invoked prohibition, is the only amendment to have ever been repealed. And for the simple...
The war on drugs was started in 1971 by then President Nixon. It is fair to ask how we are faring? Headlines about drug busts and big talk from law and order politicians are designed to make us feel we are “winning”. The stark figures are less encouraging. The online...
