A day after Whitney Houston’s unexpected death, singer Tony Bennett, music icon and winner of 17 Grammy Awards, paid tribute to the award-winning star at Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party. He took this opportunity not only to honor her life and accomplishments and sing a song in her memory, but also to advocate for the legalization of drugs. (Photo Credit: AP) In spite of the fact that there is speculation that Houston’s death was drug-related, given her history with drug use (including marijuana),…

In Tuesday’s San Francisco Chronicle, columnist Jon Carroll went off on an ad that’s run lately in his paper and others promoting a drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The drug is called Humira, and Carroll is aghast at warnings in the ad, which advise that people taking this drug might be at risk for fatal infections, heart failure, and “certain types of cancers.” “I look at the risk-benefit ratio, and I worry,” Carroll concludes, and understandably so. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease,…