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The British Columbia Court of Appeal has rejected a lawsuit from Canada’s Conservative government that sought to shutter Vancouver’s Insight safe-injection program for IV-drug users, the Canwest News Service reported Jan. 16. Insite was established as a three-year program in …
Some “soccer moms” in California say that they would support marijuana legalization so that their adult children don’t have to run the risk of buying drugs on the street, according to recent polls. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Jan. 5 …
Research shows that whites are more likely to smoke marijuana than members of minority groups, but 87 percent of those arrested in New York City on marijuana charges are black or Hispanic, the New York Times reported Dec. 23. A …
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is being chided for slapping an “R” rating on the adult comedy “It’s Complicated,” a film with little sex and violence that includes a scene where characters played by Steve Martin and Meryl …
A bill to ease Congressional control over governance in Washington, D.C., could mean that the city’s needle-exchange and medical-marijuana laws will come into full force and funding, the New York Times reported Dec. 11. The House “home rule” bill would …
The smoking ban in Wales that took effect in April 2007 has helped decrease the number of people having heart attacks, according to a recent report by the nation’s chief medical officer, the BBC reported Dec. 9. The annual report …
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that at least five million people die from smoking each year, along with another 600,000 who die from secondhand-smoke exposure, the Associated Press reported Dec. 9. The WHO said that 95 percent of the …
Portland, Ore.’s new Cannabis Cafe serves food and medical marijuana to members of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) who hold state-issued medical-marijuana cards. Reuters reported Nov. 14 that members pay a $25 monthly fee to …
Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has agreed to do a solo benefit performance on Jan. 23 in Concord, N.H., to benefit addiction treatment and child-abuse prevention programs, the Concord Monitor reported Oct. 27. Tyler, who has struggled with addiction issues but …
The state of Oregon requires a prescription to purchase certain formerly over-the-counter medications that can be used to make methamphetamine, and now other states are considering similar laws, the Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 21. The 2005 Oregon law applies …
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