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Health Corner

I remember a time when my sister, our two cousins and I cut some wild grapevine branches and hid behind our grandparent's barn to smoke them.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Delaware Online

Medical marijuana law busted

Drew Brown, a vice president of Abundant Healing, goes through some of his marijuana supply in 2010 in Fort Collins, Colo.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Delaware Government, Delaware, Jack Markell, US Governors, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

MTV

Whitney Houston And Michael Jackson's Deaths: Gone Too Soon

Few people will forget where they were when they heard that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, had died in June 2009.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Michael Jackson, Pop/Rock, Whitney Houston, Grammy Awards, Music!, Music, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Medicine

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Lancaster Pot Bust Leads to $1 Million Find, 9 Arrests

A routine traffic stop last week in Lancaster led deputies to nine arrests and an estimated $1 million worth of illegal marijuana, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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Related Topix: Lancaster, CA, Drugs, Marijuana, Los Angeles County, CA

International Business Times

Whitney Houston Dies: Singer's Body Found Drowned in Bathtub after Taking Prescription Meds?

Shocking news spread around the world Saturday that superstar singer Whitney Houston had died at the Beverly Hilton Hotel that afternoon.

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Related Topix: Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Medicine

Patch.com

Falls Man to Brookfield Cop: 'I'm Not a Bad Person, I Just Smoke a Lot of Pot'

A Menomonee Falls man is facing charges after he allegedly was caught driving under the influence in Brookfield with seven bags of marijuana in his vehicle trunk.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Brookfield, WI

The Post-Standard

Diabetic-alert dog helps CNY girl know when her blood sugar drops

Marissa Garlock, 8, of Union Springs, hugs her diabetic-alert dog, Sandy, earlier this month.

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Related Topix: Union Springs, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Camillus, NY, Liverpool, NY

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Patch.com

Am I Human, Or Am I a Lab Rat?

Why fix something that isn't broken? Well, maybe there's a better fix. I was just scanning a few sites looking for neuroendocrine cancer clinical trials - especially ones that might apply to me.

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Related Topix: Sandostatin, Octreotide (generic), Medicine, Oncology

WJCW-AM Gray

Critical Shortage of Children's Leukemia Drug

Medication used to treat the most common form of childhood leukemia is in short supply, adding to the largest nationwide shortage of critical lifesaving hospital medications in nearly a decade.

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Related Topix: Leukemia, Health, Medicine, Rheumatrex, Methotrexate (generic), Food and Drug Administration, Oncology, Hematology, Texas Children's Hospital, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

The Jersey Journal

Medical marijuana group drops suit against Burlington County town

A jar of marijuana is seen on a vendor table at the Cannabis Crown 2010 expo April 18, 2010 in Aspen, Colorado.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Burlington County, NJ, Mount Holly, NJ

KMPH-TV Fresno

Drug poisoning suspected in students' illness

Police say five Santa Rosa middle school students became sick after ingesting a substance that investigators suspect was tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, a chemical derived from marijuana.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Education Etc., Marijuana, Santa Rosa, CA

WGN-TV Chicago

Man charged with DUI in pedestrian deaths Thursday morning

Authorities have charged a 38-year-old man with the deaths of two pedestrians early Thursday morning as they crossed 95th Street near Cottage Grove Avenue.

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Related Topix: Marijuana

Lincoln Daily News

Coroner's jury decides Lincoln College student's death accidental

O n Oct 18, 2011, the Logan County Paramedic Association responded to a call at Lincoln College for a student found unconscious in his room.

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Related Topix: Lincoln College, Logan County, IL, Drugs, Benadryl, Diphenhydramine (generic), Medicine, Marijuana

Fri Feb 10, 2012

KMPH-TV Fresno

Fresno men indicted in medical marijuana scheme

A federal grand jury has indicted half a dozen Fresno men in an alleged medical marijuana scheme that saw weed shipped to at least eight other states.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Fresno, CA, Roseville, CA

The Kansas City Star

Karen Pletz's death was suicide, coroner says

The death of former medical school president and civic leader Karen Pletz has been ruled a suicide, a Florida county medical examiner said Friday.Pletz, the 64-year-old ex-president of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, was found dead Nov.

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Related Topix: Suicide, Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Medicine

590ktie.com

Ophthalmologist evaluates marijuana...

For a fee, an ophthalmologist from Los Angeles will evaluate the medical needs that Alaskans have for marijuana.The Anchorage Daily News says the idea is the brainchild of Montana-based entrepreneur Michael Smith.The evaluations will be held this weekend at a cost of $225 each in a meeting room in the Spenard neighborhood of Anchorage.The ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Marijuana, Ophthalmology, Spenard, AK

WLKY-TV Louisville

KSP, UNITE Seizes Pills, Value At $1,000,000

Kentucky State Police say they've found more than a million dollars' worth of pain pills in coordinated Pike County raids.

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Related Topix: Pike County, KY, Ashcamp, KY, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medicine

WXII 12 Winston-Salem

Marijuana Nearly Doubles Risk Of Collisions

We hear a lot about the hazards of drunk driving, but here's something else to put on your radar: A study in the British Medical Journal found that marijuana nearly doubles the risk of vehicle collisions.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Drugs, Canada

Patch.com

Army to Try Paxton Murder Suspect on its Charges Before Turning Him Over

The U.S. Army will most likley court-martial the suspect in the stabbing death of Kirkland's Scarlett Paxton on charges of being absent without leave and assault before turning him over to King County to face first-degree murder charges, says a spokesman at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Dakota Miles Wolf, 19, a private in the Army and also from ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, King County, WA, Retail, Kirkland's, Household Products, Kirkland, WA, Marijuana

Thu Feb 09, 2012

KSFO AM 560

Pot Smoking Raises Risk of Fatal Car Crashes

Driving after smoking pot can double a person's risk of being in a serious or fatal car crash, according to a review of studies published Thursday in the British Medical Journal .

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