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Should Doctors Be Subject To Random Drug Tests?

SHOULD DOCTORS BE SUBJECT TO RANDOM DRUG TESTS? ( MCT )- What if you're doctor smoked marijuana and then performed surgery on you?Not a comforting thought, but it could happen.That is why two Johns Hopkins doctors and patient safety experts say hospitals ... [Published Media Awareness Project - 57 mins ago]

Entities: Drug Test, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Alcohol, Patient Safety

First reported 57 mins ago - Updated 57 mins ago - 1 reports

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Latin Nations Throw Down Gauntlet to US and Europe Over

LATIN NATIONS THROW DOWN GAUNTLET TO US AND EUROPE OVER WAR ON DRUGSEuropean governments and the Obama administration are this weekend studying a "gamechanging" report on global drugs policy that is being seen in some quarters as the beginning of the ... [Published Media Awareness Project - 57 mins ago]

Entities: Drugs, Open Society Foundations, Jose Miguel Insulza, War On Drugs

First reported 57 mins ago - Updated 57 mins ago - 1 reports

Filner Speaks Out for Ex-Owner of Pot Shops

FILNER SPEAKS OUT FOR EX-OWNER OF POT SHOPSSAN DIEGO - San Diego Mayor Bob Filner took the unusual step Monday of injecting himself into a federal criminal prosecution, encouraging jurors to find the former owner of medical marijuana dispensaries not ... [Published Media Awareness Project - 57 mins ago]

Entities: Bob Filner, Medical Marijuana, San Diego (California, United States), Drug Charge, Federal Court

First reported 57 mins ago - Updated 57 mins ago - 1 reports

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Marijuana Legalization Advocates Pursue Referral

MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION ADVOCATES PURSUE REFERRAL, BALLOT INITIATIVE TO LET VOTERS DECIDESALEM -- Marijuana legalization activists are pushing state lawmakers to let voters consider the sale and taxation of marijuana.At the same time, activists are preparing ... [Published Media Awareness Project - 57 mins ago]

Entities: Marijuana Legalized, Taxes, Oregon

First reported 57 mins ago - Updated 57 mins ago - 1 reports

Christie Said He's 'Not Inclined to Allow' Children in

CHRISTIE SAID HE'S 'NOT INCLINED TO ALLOW' CHILDREN IN N.J. MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAMTRENTON - New Jersey's medical marijuana law states the program is open to minors, but Gov. Chris Christie said today he is "not inclined to allow" children to parti ... [Published Media Awareness Project - 57 mins ago]

Entities: Medical Marijuana, Epilepsy, Christopher J Christie

First reported 57 mins ago - Updated 57 mins ago - 1 reports

Senate OKs Medical Marijuana; Mccarter Recalls

SENATE OKS MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MCCARTER RECALLS DAUGHTER'S DRUG-RELATED DEATHSPRINGFIELD - Despite tearful opposition from a metro-east lawmaker, the Illinois Senate on Friday approved a bill allowing people to use marijuana to ease the pain of certain ... [Published Media Awareness Project - 57 mins ago]

Entities: Kyle McCarter, anodyne, Drugs, Medical Marijuana, Patient

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

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Court Overrules People On Medical Marijuana

COURT OVERRULES PEOPLE ON MEDICAL MARIJUANACourt Overrules PeopleIt's a sad day for people like me when the state's highest court overrules the will of the people to obtain lawful medical marijuana ( "Local governments can ban dispensaries, court rules," ... [Published Media Awareness Project - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Medical Marijuana, liposarcoma, Ruddick Corporation

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

How To Legalize Pot

HOW TO LEGALIZE POTTHE first time I talked to Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at U.C.L.A., was in 2002, and he explained why legalization of marijuana was a bad idea. Sure, he said, the government should remove penalties for possession, use and cultivation ... [Published Media Awareness Project - May 20 2013]

Entities: Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Mark A.R. Kleiman, Drugs

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Pot's Place

POT'S PLACERe "The marijuana measures," Editorial, May 10Your editorial supporting Measure D mentions medical marijuana as a treatment for glaucoma patients. In my 25 years as a glaucoma sufferer, I have never been prescribed marijuana.In fact, research ... [Published Media Awareness Project - May 21 2013]

Entities: Glaucoma, Medical Marijuana, Smoking

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Going For A Third Try

GOING FOR A THIRD TRYRep. K.L. Brown to Continue Working to Regulate 'Pre-Need' Funeral PackagesEvery year, Rep. Koven L. Brown, RJacksonville, introduces at least one bill intended to crack down on problems he sees in the funeral industry.It's a topic ... [Published Media Awareness Project - May 20 2013]

Entities: Jacksonville (Florida, United States)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Marijuana Has Health Benefits

MARIJUANA HAS HEALTH BENEFITSHealth care professionals report America is suffering an epidemic of obesity and diabetes. What if a widely used substance could prevent and maybe "cure" diabetes? There is, and cannabis is that substance.In a new study published ... [Published Media Awareness Project - May 20 2013]

Entities: Marijuana, Health Benefits, Cannabis, Bladder Cancer

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Marijuana Is A Much Safer Alternative To Alcohol

MARIJUANA IS A MUCH SAFER ALTERNATIVE TO ALCOHOLThanks for publishing Edward R. Arnold's thoughtful letter: "Marijuana is safer than tobacco or alcohol" ( May 12 ). I'd like to add that our annual tobacco vs. marijuana kill ratio is about 400,000 to zero. ... [Published Media Awareness Project - May 20 2013]

Entities: Marijuana, Alcohol, Tobacco

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"Oxycontin is clearly more powerful and addictive than medical marijuana, and it's in millions of medical cabinets as we speak" Haine said

Senate OKs Medical Marijuana; Mccarter Recalls [Published Media Awareness Project - 57 mins ago]

...The Commission said that it was "time that governments around the world are allowed to responsibly experiment with regulation models that are tailored to their realities and local need"

Latin Nations Throw Down Gauntlet to US and Europe Over [Published Media Awareness Project - 57 mins ago]

"I'm very concerned, if we go down this slope of allowing minors to use this, where does it ends?" the governor said

Christie Said He's 'Not Inclined to Allow' Children in [Published Media Awareness Project - 57 mins ago]

"Patients might be better protected from preventable harm. Physicians and employers may experience reduced absenteeism, unintentional adverse events, injuries, and turnover, and early identification of a debilitating problem" wrote the authors of the study: Dr. Julius Cuong Pham, an emergency medicine physician at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Dr...

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