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Drug cocktail in US executions banned from use on animals, says report

Wednesday, 07 May 2014 15:38 CEST

An injection of chemicals used to execute death row inmates can cause such excruciating pain that veterinarians are banned from using them to put down animals, according to one of the most thorough reviews ever undertaken of the administration of the death penalty.
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UK: Psychiatric drugs are doing us more harm than good

Wednesday, 07 May 2014 11:16 CEST

As with benzodiazepines in the 1980s, the UK is prescribing SSRI antidepressants at a staggering rate – and to no good effect.
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Texas: Nearly 120 people overdose on synthetic marijuana in 5-day period

Wednesday, 07 May 2014 11:00 CEST

In less than a week, more than 100 people in Texas overdosed on a drug that is not technically banned by federal or state laws and has been designed to give users highs similar to marijuana.
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SAM affiliates sweep Missouri!

Tuesday, 06 May 2014 20:45 CEST

SAM is pleased to team with more than 50 drug-prevention groups and agencies in Missouri to present the Missouri Marijuana Prevention Tour! Hitting the road May 5-9 with Missouri preventionists — five cities in as many days — are Dr. Christian Thurstone, a SAM board member, and his wife, longtime journalist Christine Tatum, who works with drug-prevention organizations to help them develop more effective messaging for public awareness and education.
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Calls to poison control triple for kids eating marijuana

Tuesday, 06 May 2014 16:41 CEST

A study of calls for assistance to poison control center, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, reveals dramatic increases for help with pediatric accidental ingestion of marijuana in states that legalized or decriminalized it.
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Police probe explosion at suspect Florida pot house

Wednesday, 07 May 2014 11:39 CEST

Authorities are investigating an explosion at a suspected South Florida marijuana grow house that triggered evacuations of some nearby homes and closed streets.
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India acts to repair reputation as drugs exporter

Wednesday, 07 May 2014 11:05 CEST

India is launching a campaign to repair its reputation as a global supplier of cheap high-quality drugs, responding to bans imposed by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on several suppliers, two top officials said on Tuesday.
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Federal judge says no to Washington family's medical marijuana defense

Wednesday, 07 May 2014 10:25 CEST

A federal judge won't allow a family of a medical marijuana patients from Washington state to defend themselves against drug trafficking charges by arguing their pot plants were for medical purposes.
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Some e-cigarettes deliver a puff of carcinogens

Tuesday, 06 May 2014 18:45 CEST

New research suggests that, even without a match, some popular e-cigarettes get so hot that they, too, can produce a handful of the carcinogens found in cigarettes and at similar levels.
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Colorado´s highs burn Lowe´s

Tuesday, 06 May 2014 16:38 CEST

Lowe's corporate executives should have a hard discussion with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and economic-development offices in the cities where their stores operate in this state. Why? Because Lowe's doesn't want to hire people who can't pass drug tests — and here in Cannabis, er, Colorful Colorado, the company is greeted with too many job applicants who test positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
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