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The men, 48-year-old Fouad Masoud, 44-year-old Jamil Jad Allah and 44-year-old Adil Mohammed, were arrested on Sunday and charged with federal drug offenses for conspiring to sell synthetic marijuana, known as
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When historians trace back the roots of today's opioid epidemic, they often find themselves returning to the wave of addiction that swept the U.S. in the late 19th century. That was
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The Albuquerque City Council voted to decriminalize marijuana possession in small amounts Monday night, after lengthy testimony from citizens mostly urging them to approve the change to the local criminal code.
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When Brigham and Women's Hospital surgeon and best-selling author Atul Gawande turns his attention to a health care issue, people take notice. But last week, during a Brigham-only event, staff packed an auditorium
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A woman holds the prescribed medical marijuana product used to treat her daughter's epilepsy after making a purchase at a medical marijuana dispensary in Butler, Pennsylvania. Two new studies released Monday suggest that
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- Advocates and patients applauded Kalamazoo's decision to allow five types of state-regulated medical marijuana facilities to open. Monday, the City Commission voted unanimously to approve amendments to sections
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Cleveland's biomedical leaders are looking at how the private sector can help fight the opioid epidemic. Local business development group BioEnterprise is teaming with the international consulting firm Accenture to help
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In a paper published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Internal Medicine, researchers examined the number of all opioid prescriptions filled between 2010 and 2015 under Medicare Part
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Marijuana backers envision the industry eventually rivalling alcoholic beverages. Constellation Brands STZ, +0.11% , which owns such brands as Corona beer and Robert Mondavi wine, estimates cannabis products could rake in
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The Justice Department in a brief said it wanted to participate in talks overseen by a federal judge in Cleveland, Ohio, as a “friend of the court” that would provide information to facilitate
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“Synthetic cannabinoids are unsafe. They can contain a variety of chemicals, and users often don't know what those are,” said IDPH Director Nirav D. Shah, in a press release. “Despite the perception that
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