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She looks small and pale, buried in a tangle of hospital bedsheets and tubes, after suffering a dozen or so strokes as a result of her latest opioid overdose. Her mother,
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NEW ORLEANS - "It's such a big thing, and the first thing I could think about is my dad," Ruston Henry said. Ruston Henry is CEO of H&W Drug Store, a pharmacy that
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With 4/20 right around the corner, the cannabis community has already begun to prepare itself. Surprisingly enough, the unofficial holiday dedicated to tokers around the world has a major impact on several facets society....
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Since Illinois first reported this outbreak of synthetic marijuana-caused illness, hospitals have reported severe bleeding and kidney failure in four other states. Now that over 100 people have fallen ill, a special DEA task force...
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According to the DEA, current regulations were issued in 1971 but need to be updated to reflect the nation's opioid abuse crisis and changes in the manufacture of controlled substances. "It's
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The state Pharmacy Board on Tuesday (April 17) selected New Orleans pharmacist Ruston Henry of H&W Drug store, Inc., to operate one of the first medical marijuana pharmacies in Louisiana. The
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Nearly a year ago, UK drug manufacturer GW Pharmaceuticals filed its breakthrough epilepsy treatment for approval by U.S. regulators. The drug, Epidiolex, is derived from cannabidiol, or CBD, a non-psychoactive constituent of the cannabis plant. And on Tuesday,...
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The AmerisourceBergen Foundation is taking a scientific approach to combatting the opioid crisis in North Carolina and a number of other hard-hit states. Since the end of last year, it's distributed
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely watched medicine made from the marijuana plant reduces seizures in children with severe forms of epilepsy and warrants approval in the United States, health officials said
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Earlier this week, Indiana State Police officers stumbled across a car loaded with bags of weed. With this traffic stop leading to a bust of nearly 80 pounds of weed, questions remain about where the weed came from...