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State Court: Medical Marijuana Law Supersedes Zero-Tolerance DUI Policy	22.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Michigan's Supreme Court has ruled that taking a toke before driving is OK for state-approved marijuana patients in certain circumstances. In a unanimous ruling Tuesday,...
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Roadshow: Why does BART make me sick? Can I text a BART cop for stealthy help?	22.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: News
Electric vehicle chargers are coming to new BART stations in Fremont, Milpitas and San Jose.
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Bill Rosendahl: Coming out of the (Cannabis) Closet	22.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
I walking more freely and faster without assistance. I can sit longer than five minutes without pain. I'm getting pretty close to feeling like the old Bill Rosendahl.
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Legal Pot Delivered To Your Front Door	22.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid a bare-knuckle fight with the federal government to keep his medical marijuana dispensary open, Steve DeAngelo had an idea: if federal...
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Proving the proven: Advocates push for a safe consumption site in Ottawa	21.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Ottawa is one of the leading cities in Canada when it comes to HIV and hepatitis C infections among drug users, and last year there were at least 36 overdose deaths. "There's a health crisis in Ottawa." Chris Dalton's pronouncement contains not a trace of drama, but it's hard to reconcile with the city I see at the moment. It's springtime in the national capital, and it's beautiful -- the bike paths along the canal and rivers are getting busy, trees are flourishing in greens and reds, and the historical architecture in the core of the city glints beneath the sunlight. But even in a well-groomed capital city, social inequities are playing out with detrimental health consequences. If you’re paying attention, they’re apparent. As a social worker, Dalton is paying attention. read ...
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Minnesota lakes anything but pristine, PCA testers find	20.5.2013	MinnPost
This article was produced by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism . On a midsummer morning last year at popular Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, Mark Ferrey dipped a brown glass bottle into the water. His hands were gloved, he had drunk no caffeine, he wore no insect repellent. The slightest contamination would ruin the sample. Below the sparkling surface swam muskies and walleye. Triathletes would be swimming there the next day. But Ferrey, a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency researcher, knew his sample would most likely turn up a cocktail of chemicals at trace levels. According to results released last week, the Nokomis water was contaminated that day with a component of plastic, ibuprofen, a disinfectant used in hand soap, an antibiotic used on swine, a breakdown product of cocaine, an antidepressant, a fungicide and a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Some of the Nokomis cocktail’s most worrisome ingredients, the plastic component bisphenol A (BPA) and the ...
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Study: Fever-reducing drugs don’t affect speed of children’s recovery	20.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Trevor Stokes Reuters Published May 20, 2013 10:29AM MDT A review of past research finds that fever-reducing drugs have no effect on the speed of children’s recovery from an infection, contrary to the fears of some doctors and parents. Researchers have debated for decades whether lowering a sick child’s fever helps the recovery process or interferes with the body’s ability to fight the infection. Some previous research has shown that giving children fever-reducing “antipyretic” medications, such as acetaminophen, after vaccinations interfered with the... ...
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Fate of LA pot shops left to voters	20.5.2013	Seattle Times: Health
Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.
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Fate of LA pot shops left to voters	20.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime. ...
Fate of LA pot shops left to voters	20.5.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.
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Harlequin ladybird can be a pest in disguise	18.5.2013	LA Times: Science
The eastern Asia native has an astonishing ability to eat aphids, but spreads rapidly and harbors a parasite that kills other species. The harlequin ladybird was once a stalwart ally of greenhouse growers around the world. Native to Japan, Korea and other parts of eastern Asia, the bright red ladybugs were prized for their aphid-eating abilities — until they caused serious declines in other ladybug populations.
Ill. Senate approves medical marijuana bill; governor has yet to say whether he will sign it	18.5.2013	Star Tribune: Nation

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Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill	18.5.2013	Twincities.com: News
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it.
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International report sees merit in decriminalizing drug use	18.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
An Organization of American States report says decriminalization could be one of many “transitional methods” in a public-health strategy that could stem the illicit drug business.
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Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill	18.5.2013	Yahoo: Politics
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it. ...
OAS drug study eyes marijuana legalization	18.5.2013	World
LIMA, Peru (AP) — An Organization of American States study released Friday is calling for a serious discussion on legalizing marijuana. ...
OAS drug study eyes decriminalization	17.5.2013	World
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A new Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the drug war discusses possible decriminalization of consumption of marijuana as part of a public health approach.
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OAS drug study eyes decriminalization	17.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
A new Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the drug war discusses possible decriminalization of consumption of marijuana as part of a public health approach.
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NC nuclear plant shut down after crack discovered	17.5.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
Operators have shut down a North Carolina nuclear plant after finding tiny marks of corrosion and cracking that need repair. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the health and safety of employees or the public are not affected.
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Zap the brain with electricity to speed up mental maths	16.5.2013	New Scientist: News
Zap the brain with electricity to speed up mental maths
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