http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. So far, no one is suggesting checkpoints or fences to keep Washington state's legal pot within its borders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-vows-weed-statebut.html Health Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:50:43 EST news278668235 (AP)—Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the embattled Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to stop giving grants until concerns about the beleaguered agency are resolved. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-texas-governor-cancer-agency-halt.html Cancer Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:56:25 EST news275162179 A new federal study says that teenagers' perception of the dangers of marijuana has fallen to the lowest level in more than 20 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-teens-views-dangers-pot-fall.html Addiction Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:33:38 EST news275135424 (AP)—Texas' embattled $3 billion cancer-fighting agency approved an $11 million grant to a biomedical company even though the proposal wasn't reviewed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cancer-agency-okd-faulty-11m.html Other Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:03:30 EST news273438192 (AP)—The home state of the president who didn't inhale has become an unlikely front in the battle over medical marijuana. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-medical-marijuana-backers-inroads-south.html Health Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:00:05 EST news265906798 (HealthDay) -- The recent advent of so-called "synthetic pot" is a rising public health concern, researchers warn, sending kids to the emergency room and prompting parental calls to poison control centers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-kids-synthetic-pot-health.html Health Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:40:01 EST news251367065