Prescription drug users prey on open houses
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lompocrecord - (US) Prescription drug users prey on open houses SAN DIEGO (AP) b San Diego authorities and local real estate agents say prescription drug abusers are preying on open houses and raiding medicine cabinets to feed their addictions. (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)

Bill for marijuana derivative expands into study
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moultonadvertiser - (US) Bill for marijuana derivative expands into study - The Moulton Advertiser : State News Bill for marijuana derivative expands into study (AP) b A bill to allow the treatment of epileptic seizures with a marijuana derivative has turned into a $1 million medical study that will supply the product to Alabama families. (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)

Mass. official defends medical marijuana licensing process
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necn - Mass. official defends medical marijuana licensing process BOSTON (AP) - The state is defending its heavily criticized process for selecting companies to run medical marijuana dispensaries. (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)

Cocaine Use Down Across the U.S. Says Santa Monica's RAND Corp.
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santamonica.patch - (US) Marijuana consumption is up significantly. Heroin use was fairly stable throughout the decade studied. Researchers did not have enough information to make a credible estimate of the drug's use from 2008 to 2010. (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)

Medical Marijuana And 'The Entourage Effect'
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kcentv - (US) He was surprised to see that while the active compound in morphine had been isolated from opium poppies 100 years before and cocaine isolated from coca leaves around the same time. (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)

Kansas City Star
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kansascity - (US) Prosecutors accuse KC man of smoking marijuana, causing wreck that killed 1-year-old girl - KansasCity.com Prosecutors accuse KC man of smoking marijuana, causing wreck that killed 1-year-old girl For much of the past three decades, pit bulls have been widely reg... (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
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blog.sfgate - (US) Also known as a 'dab') California legislators are looking to do away with dabs. Whether or not the right procedure is trying to restrict physicians from recommending or prohibiting butane extract is the question. (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)

Elections Officials Let DC Pot Initiative Go Forward
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nbcwashington - Elections officials in the District of Columbia are allowing a ballot initiative to go forward that would let the city's voters decide whether possession of up to two ounces of pot should be legal in the city. (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)

Weed use up, cocaine use down: study
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austin360 - (US) Much more was spent on cocaine than on marijuana in 2000. While the best estimate for spending on cocaine in 2010 is $28 billion. (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)

Metro
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metro - (US) Martha Fernback: Ecstasy dealer spared jail for teenagerb s fatal dose ! Metro News Ecstasy dealer spared jail for teenagerb s fatal dose A drug dealer who sold a teenage girl a fatal dose of MDMA was spared jail by a judge who blamed her death on b the folly of youthb . (Tue Mar 11 13:32:07 2014 PDT)