Information about the Aspen Ideas Festival is here. I am scheduled for a session, The American Wellness Paradox, currently scheduled from 11:00-11:50 a.m., at the East Lawn Tent. This will be a discussion with senior HHS policy advisor, Calley Means. Here’s the blurb on it: “Americans are spending more than ever on healthcare, supplements, wellness trends, and “clean eating,” yet rates of chronic disease and metabolic illness continue to climb. As skepticism fuels the rise of movements like MAHA, debates over what Americans should eat have become deeply cultural, political, and economic. Two influential voices with sharply different perspectives on nutrition and food science explore how food systems, farming practices, consumer culture, and the wellness industry collided to create one of the defining public health debates of our time.”
by Marion Nestle
Feb
6
2017
The latest in veterinary medicine: Stoned pets
I occasionally write about the food politics of marijuana-infused edibles.
Something new every day.
Here’s the latest veterinary problem: stoned dogs.
Dogs get into their owners’ edibles. Yum.
Veterinarians say they see cases of “canine marijuana poisoning” every day, with a big increase since 2010.
Pets get their own medical marijuana, as needed. But edibles cause emergency room visits.
This is all so complicated. You also have to make sure your kids don’t get into the drugs prescribed for your pets.
Lots to worry about. Have a great week.
