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The newest weapon in the fight against opioid abuse is education that fits into a physician's palm. Thanks to $230,000 from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, the Indiana State Medical Association
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Americans are facing one of their deadliest foes in recent history: not ISIS, but opioids, painkillers that are highly addictive and killing thousands of Americans annually. Drug overdoses took the lives
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Statewide, the medical-marijuana amendment passed with 71 percent of the vote. Sixteen months later, effects of that vote are becoming more visible in the Keys. The Iona Cannabis Clinic, a branch
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The opioid crisis is killing tens of thousands of people each year. But a new study says medical marijuana could drastically cut down on the number of opioid prescriptions, leading to
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Medical marijuana laws could be a boon to those battling the opioid epidemic, according to researchers who have identified a link between increased access to medical marijuana and a reduction in
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Medical marijuana laws could be a boon to those battling the opioid epidemic, according to researchers who have identified a link between increased access to medical marijuana and a
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Pittsboro, N.C. — Eight people have been charged in what Chatham County authorities call a prescription opioid pill-sharing network that was moving about 600 pills a month through the county. After
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The Gadsden County-based business filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Health, dated late last week in Leon County circuit court, asking a judge to exempt Trulieve from a provision in a
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It's called K2, synthetic marijuana, and it has caused a cluster of deaths in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reported three arrests over Easter weekend after large amounts of K2 being sold
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Gov. Phil Murphy wants to spend $100 million to fight opioid addiction in New Jersey. But exactly how that money would be allocated is an open question. The governor, speaking at
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Less than 24 hours after the Cannabis Control Commission activated its licensing portal on Monday, more than 200 hopefuls have begun their applications for recreational marijuana businesses. It's the first major
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