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October 27, 2025
In this week’s edition of health news across the states: Critics of marijuana legalization; Loneliness speeds up aging, researchers find; States reconsider involuntary commitment laws; Daylight saving time ends soon, potential impacts
Plus: Adam Radman, Americans for Tax Reform: Republicans must hold the line on ending expanded Obamacare subsidies
The rate of driving deaths linked to marijuana use has remained steady — even slightly increased — after the legalization of the drug in one state, according to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) — a finding that could complicate efforts to relax federal restrictions on cannabis.
Having a rich social life might do more than lift your mood — it could actually help slow down how your body ages.
Several state legislatures with Democratic majorities are pivoting away from their long-held positions on involuntary commitment as their states grapple with homelessness, mental illness, and drug abuse.
As daylight saving time (DST) ends on Nov. 2, researchers are renewing their focus on the toll that shifting clocks takes on the body — particularly the heart.
Congressional Republicans should heed President Trump's advice to "hold the line on the shutdown” and resist efforts to extend the temporary COVID-era Obamacare subsidies. Negotiating with Sen. Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats on these subsidies not only puts our country further in debt, but could have serious political consequences heading into the midterms.
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