Archive for July, 2008

Smoking Bans

According to www.wikipedia.org over 50% of states are covered by a smoking ban of some form. Depending on your state, the ban includes no smoking in bars, casinos, restaurants and in some cases hotel rooms or even patios. With healthcare costs on the rise, America has had enough and is trying to tell other Americans to get healthy! The smoking bans are not going anywhere, if anything they are only going to get more and more strict.

Symptoms of Drug Depenency and Abuse

Drug abuse becomes a dependency when a person has a compulsive need to use drugs without care or respect for the consequences that might occur either bodily or emotionally.

Overcoming Vicodin - Addiction by Prescription

Lots of people have found themselves battling with problems of addiction to the prescription drug Vicodin.

What is Web 2.0?

People throw around terms all the time. Recently a friend of mine asked if I was using Web 2.0?
Well that fact is, I really didn’t know what he was talking about. I mean, yeah I’m on MySpace and Facebook but what else do I need to do to keep up with my online business?
If you […]

Smoking Bans Since 1998

California was the first state in to ban smoking in bars, casinos and restaurants in 1998. In the ten years which have followed, New York, Arizona, Florida, Colorado and now Oregon have joined the trend. In 2001 government officials argued both sides of this heavily debated issue, in the end the bill passed. Two important issues made their way to the front of the debate, establishing a healthy work place and a smoke free environment for non-smokers. By passing the bill Oregon helped look out for the health of all Oregonians.