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Opioid crisis the focus of Health & Human Services deputy secretary's meeting with state, DuPage ...
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In search of some local ideas to a pressing national problem, a federal health official met with state and DuPage County officials Wednesday to discuss opioid addiction. Eric Hargan, deputy secretary
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The policy, which has been federal law since 2014, bars the U.S. Department of Justice from spending money to interfere with the implementation of state medical marijuana laws. Its continuance was
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The fact that most, if not all, of the cost of the proposed opioid tax will be borne by consumers means it's likely to have unintended consequences. Private insurance companies are
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20-year-old Brianna Ashanti Lofton, accused of placing a marijuana joint to her infants' mouth, meets with Wake Co. magistrates. pic.twitter.com/ ... Police said Brianna Ashanti Lofton, 20, was charged with two
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But Hudson will likely have to wait to get medical marijuana in the Palmetto State. A key SC House committee failed to even meet on the subject Tuesday, despite a rally
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After months of meetings and Congressional hearings on the unrelenting opioid addiction crisis, Congress has finally responded, with 25 bills that aim to attack the problem from all sides. The House
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A Westwego man on Tuesday (March 20) admitted his role in a scheme to ship more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in steel drums. Michael Kwan, 33, pleaded guilty in federal
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Things went tragically wrong this week in Mooresville, North Carolina when a local high school student unknowingly ingested a dangerous form of synthetic marijuana. Now, we see a vape shop clerk charged after teen overdoses on synthetic cannabinoid.
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"I have been trying to help dozens of friends and family members who struggled with opioid addictions that started from legitimate prescriptions," says Camp, now a client services representative with the
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MedMen operates 18 facilities in three states (California, Nevada and New York) with operations including cultivation, manufacturing and retail. I spoke with MedMen Senior VP of Communications Daniel Yi about the marijuana
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Standards for how to investigate and report on overdoses vary widely across states and counties and as a result, opioid overdose deaths are not always captured in the data reported to
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