Medical Marijuana: Does It Ease Symptoms or Just Make You High?

Medical marijuana: Does it ease symptoms or just make you high?

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse rejected the FDA approved protocol to allow clinical research in using cannabis for post-traumatic-stress-disorder. They said they don't fund research on the potential of medical marijuana. However, this citation in …
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New Hampshire Tackles Prescription Drug Abuse in New DUI Law

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Effective Jan. 1, driving under the influence of prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs or any other banned substances is illegal in New Hampshire. The regulation is part of the state's newly expanded DUI law which was signed last year by Gov. Lynch.
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Report: Staffer stole 59 pain pills from Forest Lake nursing home resident

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The number of reported drug thefts at Minnesota hospitals and nursing homes has more than doubled since 2005, according to the task force, and reflects what experts say is a nationwide surge of prescription-drug abuse — in many cases by health care …
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