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Two years, from a distance, can feel like a blink. But within them can come immense change.Two years ago, we met Samuel Kaye. He was a rabbi in Atlanta, raising money from his congregation to take on a little-discussed issue: medical debt. These days, he s still a rabbi, but now in Toronto, in a country where medical debt is literally a foreign concept. I mean, Canadians are stunned when I tell them about my project. They re very impressed. They don t quite understand it, Kaye said.In America, too many understand it. The latest Census data says 1 in 6 American households holds some form of medical debt, typically due to massive bills at the hospital. A separate analysis estimates 20 million Americans carry medical debit for a total of $220 billion.Allison Sesso is the president ofRIP Medic
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A big winner in this year s election was the marijuana industry, as five states approved some form of legalization.Mississippi approved it for medicinal use. Arizona, Montana and New Jersey approved it for recreational use. South Dakota approved it for both and became the first state to approve both forms of marijuana in the same election.The Drug Policy Alliance says it never expected the support in some states, but hopes it sends a message to lawmakers in Washington D.C. It doesnt just stop at marijuana reform, said Matt Sutton with the Drug Policy Alliance. People are really seeing drugs as being something that shouldnt be criminalized in the U.S. and they definit
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