The Hook in Hookahs

Furthermore, evidence suggests that an average 45-minute hookah session
raises levels of nicotine in the blood up to 250 percent. It also
delivers the equivalent of 100 times the smoke of a cigarette (with its
related toxic agents such as carbon monoxide), contributing to a
growing concern in the medical community that the practice may lead to
regular cravings and addiction to cigarettes.

From Consumer Reports Health Blog. Read the rest of the article.

The Sentencing Project

The way the war on drugs has been pursued is one of the biggest reasons for the growing racial disparities in criminal justice over all.

- Ryan S. King, a policy analyst with The Sentencing Project, which recently released a report describing large disparities in the rate at which blacks and whites are arrested and imprisoned for drug offenses, even though the two groups use illegal drugs at roughly equal rates. (Source: The New York Times)