Health
Guam governor supports legalizing pot for recreational use
Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo has proposed legalizing recreational marijuana on the island, with heavy taxation.
Dec 20, 2016
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Health
New data from national violent death reporting system shed light on law enforcement officer deaths, their use of lethal
Violence-related deaths, including homicides and suicides, are an urgent public health problem, according to Alex E. Crosby, MD, MPH, James A. Mercy, PhD, and Debra Houry, MD, MPH, from the National Center for Injury Prevention ...
Oct 13, 2016
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Medications
As crisis rages, hospital works to reduce opioids in the ER
Mark Rosenberg doesn't need to go to his job as chairman of emergency medicine at New Jersey's busiest emergency room to get a bracing insight into the mushrooming problem of opioid abuse.
Mar 28, 2016
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Health
Medical marijuana's big business lures ex-law enforcers
With fewer than 4,000 approved patients, the nascent medical marijuana business in Illinois is off to a slow start. Yet it hasn't kept away a cadre of cannabis entrepreneurs who once relied on guns, badges, tough drug laws ...
Dec 27, 2015
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Addiction
Obama says US will tackle prescription drug abuse
Traveling to a region in the throes of a drug abuse crisis, President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to use his bully pulpit and federal programs to try to combat the "epidemic" of heroin use and prescription painkiller ...
Oct 21, 2015
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Addiction
Injuries tied to illegal meth labs on the rise: CDC
(HealthDay)—Chemical burns, respiratory ailments and even deaths tied to accidents in illegal methamphetamine labs are on the rise in the United States, a new study shows.
Aug 27, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dead US soldier did not have Ebola: military
A US soldier found dead at his home in Texas after returning from duty in West Africa was not carrying the Ebola virus, the US military said Wednesday.
Jan 14, 2015
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Addiction
A national study of colleges identifies gaps in efforts to enforce alcohol laws
College students, when compared to their age-matched peers who are not in college, report higher rates of previous 30-day drinking as well as binge drinking. Not surprisingly, this can lead to academic problems, high-risk ...
Jul 17, 2014
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Health
CDC: 221 sickened by synthetic pot in Colorado
Synthetic marijuana is believed to have sickened 221 people in Colorado during an outbreak earlier this year.
Dec 12, 2013
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Medications
National study: Teen misuse and abuse of prescription drugs up 33 percent since 2008
New, nationally projectable survey results released today by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and MetLife Foundation confirmed that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime ...
Apr 23, 2013
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