Study to Look at Whether Medical Marijuana Really Helps Users

Study to look at whether medical marijuana really helps users

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A $ 2.2-million federally funded study soon will help answer the question: Does medicinal marijuana really help? The grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse funds a four-year project that began this monthat the University of Michigan. … of …
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Longtime prosecutor leaves Allegheny County DA's office

Filed under: drug abuse help for families

Ms. Ditka started at the county DA's office in 1988 and was chosen by District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. to lead the new Child Abuse and Crimes Against Persons unit in the late 1990s. She supervised nine attorneys … Sometimes, she said, it's as …
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Hilliard Police Utilizing Special Investigative Unit

Filed under: drug abuse help for families

So, the department ended its Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, and used that officer and three others to form the Hilliard Special Investigation Unit. A police K-9 unit was also dedicated to the new effort. "The whole idea of the unit was …
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