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Four Men Charged in Two-Day Sexual Assault of Homeless Teen
Channel 2 NewsFour men have been arrested by Anchorage police on more than 30 charges, after they allegedly took a homeless teenage girl to an Eagle River apartment and raped her there for two days. In a Wednesday statement, APD spokesperson Dani Myren says the men --...Tags: Rape, Lifestyle and Leisure, Wars and Interventions, Sexual Assault, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Washington: Legal Recreational Marijuana Use in Effect Today
Jessica Ridgway, Channel 2 NewsIn November, voters in the state of Washington approved a measure to make recreational marijuana use legal. That measure takes effect today. Washington state law now allows adults over 21 to posess up to an ounce of marijuana, but that contradicts...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use
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Medicinal pot is coming. Why it's not time to worry
Change of SubjectIf it goes through, we'll see a trade-off. Increases in addiction, crime and family dissolution along with assorted benefits. But enough about the proposed expansion of casino gambling in Illinois. Today I want to talk about the inevitability of... -
Valley Police Beat: Gun reported stolen, later found
EL CENTRO — A handgun was initially reported stolen out of a car while its owner was at the American Legion, according to El Centro Police Department logs. The report was taken early Saturday morning. The reporting party called back and said he...Tags: The Salvation Army, American Legion, Lifestyle and Leisure, Theft, Recreational Substance Use
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Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana
Illinois has come within a signature of becoming the 19th state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. On Friday, the state Senate voted 35-21 to approve a medical marijuana measure, which now will head for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The...
Tags: Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Lifestyle and Leisure, Executive Branch, Prescription Drugs
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After emotional debate, Senate OKs medical marijuana
— Siding with patients who say cannabis is the only drug that can safely ease their chronic pain, the Senate sent Gov. Pat Quinn a measure Friday that would make Illinois the 19th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. The issue sparked...Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Kyle McCarter, Multiple Sclerosis, Justice System, Elections
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The Great Debate
While marijuana use is still illegal under federal law, the general direction of state laws regarding marijuana is clearly moving in the direction of leniency. Two states in November, Colorado and Washington, legalized it for recreational purposes....
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Muscle Cramps and Spasms, Medical Research, Substance Abuse, Multiple Sclerosis
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Man jumps to death after cops respond to pot complaint
Tribune reporterA man jumped to his death after police responded to a complaint of a person smoking marijuana in his 7th floor Uptown apartment, authorities said. The man was dead on the scene this morning in the 4500 block of North Clarendon Avenue, according to the...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Migraine, Skin Rash, Medical Research, Depression, Calcium
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Mother charged with beating 15-month-old baby to death
An Allentown woman was charged Wednesday with beating her 15-month-old son so badly last month he later died. Essence James, 34, of 718 N. 15th St., took her baby, Cordero James, into the bathroom of her home March 8, beat him and placed him in bed...
Tags: Trials, Drug Trafficking, Court Preliminary, Allentown, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Pot in a pill: All the pain relief without the smoke
Unless there is some recognized analgesic effect of rolling a joint, lighting it up and deeply inhaling the by-products of marijuana combustion, then it stands to reason that you could distill the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana,...Tags: Over-the-Counter Medicines, Lifestyle and Leisure, Pain, Substance Abuse, Drugs and Medicines
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A sensible policy on pot
Lawmakers in Annapolis rejected a bill this year that would have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, but prosecutors in Baltimore City are already ahead of the curve in treating the offense as a public health issue rather than...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Heroin, Substance Abuse, Justice System
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