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New Mexico court upholds insurance coverage for medical pot

Wednesday, 21 May 2014 22:59 CEST

An injured mechanic who uses medical marijuana as pain treatment can have his former employer and the company's insurer reimburse him for the drug, a New Mexico appeals court ruled.
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Patrick Kennedy speaks to Global News BC1

Wednesday, 21 May 2014 22:25 CEST

SAM's Chairman, Patrick Kennedy, speaks to Global News BC1 in Vancouver about the dangers of marijuana use and legalization.
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New York is a hub in a surging heroin trade

Tuesday, 20 May 2014 07:13 CEST

The flood of heroin coming into and going out of New York City has surged to the highest levels in more than two decades, alarming law enforcement officials who say that bigger players are now entering the market to sell the drug here and to feed a growing appetite along the East Coast.
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U.S: 'That's nuts': 10,000 toddlers get drugs for ADHD

Tuesday, 20 May 2014 07:02 CEST

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral disorder of childhood, yet experts are worried by statistics that show very young kids are now getting powerful medications to treat the problem.
Some 10,000 toddlers across the U.S. are being diagnosed as hyperactive and receiving drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced in a new report. The 2- and 3-year-olds — especially those whose families who are on Medicaid —are getting the drugs even though the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't even have guidelines for ADHD in children under 4.
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INCB elects Dr. Naidoo as its new president

Tuesday, 20 May 2014 06:37 CEST

Dr. Lochan Naidoo from South Africa has been elected new president of INCB (International Narcotics Control Board)
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Problems with the medicalization of marijuana

Wednesday, 21 May 2014 22:54 CEST

Medical marijuana differs significantly from other prescription medications. Evidence supporting its efficacy varies substantially and in general falls short of the standards required for approval of other drugs by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Crazed sheep die 'like heroin addicts'

Tuesday, 20 May 2014 09:15 CEST

Hundreds of sheep in the central west of NSW have died after eating a poisonous plant and bashing their heads open "like heroin addicts".
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Legal high growth 'unprecedented'

Tuesday, 20 May 2014 07:10 CEST

Nearly 350 so-called legal highs have been identified in more than 90 countries, although this number could be significantly higher, United Nations drug experts have warned. However, none of the 348 novel psychoactive substances (NPS), also known as designer drugs or legal highs, identified are currently under international control, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said.
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Drug arrests increase 158% at Michigan State University

Tuesday, 20 May 2014 06:44 CEST

Michigan State University arrested 261 people for drugs in 2012, a 158 percent increase from two years earlier, the East Lansing school says. The university had more drug arrests than any state school in 2012, the last year for which figures are available, the Lansing State Journal reported Sunday.
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“I don´t think there is a responsible way to recreationally use marijuana�?

Tuesday, 20 May 2014 06:32 CEST

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) came out strongly against the legalization of marijuana in an interview with ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl.
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