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The Colorado Psychedelic Mushroom Experiment Has Arrived

KFF Health News

Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state’s first “healing centers,” where the mushrooms can be ingested under supervision, in late spring or early summer. The mushrooms are a Schedule I drug and illegal under federal law except for clinical research.

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New York sues major vape companies for targeting kids, teens

The Hill

Selling flavored nicotine vapes has been banned in New York since 2020, but the products can still be found in corner stores and smoke shops in the city. For too long, these companies have disregarded our laws in order to profit off of our young people, but we will not risk the health and safety of our kids.

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HCA’s purchase of Mission Health did not lead to lasting improvements, Wake Forest academic report concludes

NC Health News

Though HCA made improvements to the western North Carolina health care system, according to the Wake Forest University report, many were already planned or required by then-Attorney General Josh Stein as part of the terms of the sale. [I]t by Andrew R.

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Anxiety grows over telemedicine flexibility extension 

The Hill

Lawmakers and physicians are growing anxious for COVID-era telemedicine flexibility measures to be extended for a third time, as federal regulators signal a potential tightening of the rules ahead of a deadline at the end of the year. Last year, the two agencies extended these flexibility measures through the end of 2024.

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Caring Does Not Pay

The Health Care Blog

With a jobless rate at 3.5% , and with millions of people who left the job market in 2020 opting to not return to work, employers are having a hard time finding workers. Required staffing ratios and other regulations make child care exceedingly expensive for parents. BY KIM BELLARD. Things are tough all over the job market.

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California Comprehensive Tobacco Retailer Licensing Ordinance

Public Health Law Center

California Comprehensive Tobacco Retailer Licensing Ordinance This Comprehensive Tobacco Retailer Licensing Ordinance was prepared to assist California cities and counties interested in establishing or strengthening a local tobacco retailer licensing (“TRL”) program and further regulating the tobacco retail environment.

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‘A slap on the wrist’: families and advocates call for increased accountability from assisted living facilities 

NC Health News

Rick Goforth, then 75, was in good health; he was an avid walker who enjoyed being outside. Then they complained to the state, which found the facility had violated regulations resulting in death or serious physical harm, abuse, neglect or exploitation of a resident. Eventually, the state fined the facility $19,000.