Vitamin D deficiency soars in the U.S., study says: Scientific American

Vitamin D deficiency soars in the U.S., study says: Scientific American "Three-quarters of U.S. teens and adults are deficient in vitamin D, the so-called 'sunshine vitamin' whose deficits are increasingly blamed for everything from cancer and heart disease to diabetes, according to new research."

OREGON PROPOSING TAXING MARIJUANA

Oregon voters approved the use of Medical Marijuana more than a decade ago, deciding chronically and terminally ill patients should be allowed to use the drug to ease pain. Roughly 21,000 Oregonians now have cards authorizing them to use it for medicinal purposes, according to the state Department of Human Services.
A bill co-sponsor, Rep. Chris Harker, D-Beaverton, told the Statesman Journal newspaper that the measure "takes medical marijuana off the streets and into a safer and more secure environment."