Smoking marijuana helps reduce pain, trial shows

Researchers in Montreal have completed what they say is the first placebo-controlled clinical trial to show that smoking pot really helps to relieve pain.

Healing Garden

For a quarter of a century, Deb Soule has made a living off the earth. Her Rockport business sells medicinal herbs and alternative health products around the globe. As Joy Hollowell tells us, Avena Botanicals is a thriving business that still manages to stay true to its roots. ========= "T . . .

Some Recommended Garden Books

A number of gardening books focus on vegetables and other crops for the edible landscape. Here are some recommended titles.

Poisonous plant warning

A CURIOUS Islander almost dined on a poisonous plant after spotting it growing in his chicken coop.