I have a good friend who’s been bugging me lately about my health. Call him Bob (which is, in fact, his real name). Bob and I have been friends for almost 30 years, despite the fact that we have not seen one another for almost a quarter century. Bob and his wife have lived in Alaska for the last 22 years, so all of our contact is by phone or email.

Bob is a “fixer.” Bob is a lot of things, to be honest, but high on his list of per­son­al attributes …

A bill to legalize medical marijuana for debilitating conditions, including cancer, recently passed the New Hampshire House and Senate. If the House approves the Senate’s modifications and Governor John Lynch ratifies the bill, New Hampshire will become the fourteenth state to permit medical marijuana use.

Representative Evalyn Merrick, D-Lancaster, who suffers from multiple myeloma, sponsored the current bill. She explained that she smoked marijuana to combat nausea during her cancer treatments several years ago.

“I ask you to please look beyond your notion of what marijuana stands for and see what it …