TOP: As New Haven Grapples With Overdoses, Here's What You Need To Know About 'K2' - Hartford Courant
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courant - (US) Many people have blamed the designer drug K2. For the more than 85 overdoses that occurred in a 24-hour window this week across the Many people have blamed the designer drug K2. (Sat Aug 18 14:11:47 2018 PDT)

OH: Big Island dispensary gets green light to grow medical pot - News Times - Discussion on Topix
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topix - Big Island dispensary gets green light to grow medical pot - News Times - Discussion on Topix Marijuana Marij... (Sat Aug 18 08:48:00 2018 PDT)

OH: 'Budtenders,' edibles chefs among fastest-growing jobs in legal marijuana ind... - Alamogordo Daily News - Discussion on Topix
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topix - Those are just a few of the new job categories opening up in the budding legal cannabis industry in more than two dozen states where the drug is legal for medical or recreational use or both. (Sat Aug 18 08:48:00 2018 PDT)

OH: Oklahoma Agency Urges Judge To Not Block New Marijuana Law - NewsOn6 Tulsa - Discussion on Topix
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topix - Oklahoma Agency Urges Judge To Not Block New Marijuana Law - NewsOn6 Tulsa - Discussion on Topix Marijuana Marijuana Oklahoma Agency Urges Judge To Not Block New Marijuana Law Oklahoma's Health Department is warning a judge that the public will be harmed if the state can't implement key rules on medical marijuana. (Sat Aug 18 08:48:00 2018 PDT)

OH: Judge: Firm can mandate drug test for medical marijuana user - Star Tribune - Discussion on Topix
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topix - Judge: Firm can mandate drug test for medical marijuana user A federal court judge has ruled that a New Jersey business doesn't have to waive its mandatory drug testing requirement for a worker who uses medical marijuana. (Sat Aug 18 08:48:00 2018 PDT)

FL: Police Arrest Third Suspect In New Haven Synthetic Marijuana Overdose Case - WJCT NEWS
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news.wjct - (US) It is clearly contaminated. Drug Enforcement Agency says AB-Fubinaca is found in numerous synthetic cannabinoid products smoked for their psychoactive effects. (Fri Aug 17 19:49:38 2018 PDT)

FL: Drug overdose deaths up nearly 7% in US - Fox29 WFLX TV, West Palm Beach, FL-news and weather
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wflx - (US) FL-news & weather Drug overdose deaths up nearly 7% in US The CDC projects some 49000 people will have died from opioid overdoses in 2017 once the counting is done. (Fri Aug 17 19:38:39 2018 PDT)

PHILIPPINES: cocaine Archives - Page 2 of 3 - DZIQ Radyo Inquirer 990AM - DZIQ Radyo Inquirer 990AM
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radyo.inquirer - Archives - Page 2 of 3 - DZIQ Radyo Inquirer 990AM ! DZIQ Radyo Inquirer 990AM 400 kilo ng cocaine, natagpuan sa Russian embassy sa Argentina Isang sindikato ng ilegal na droga ang ang gumamit ng diplomatic courier service ng Russian embassy para maibiyahe ang mga cocaine.… 25 pakete ng cocaine nakitang palutang-lutang sa... (Tue Aug 14 08:03:08 2018 PDT)

PHILIPPINES: NBI seizes P15M worth of 'cookie monster' ecstacy pills - Inquirer News
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newsinfo.inquirer - De Fong was identified by an informant at Rogueb s Bar in Makati as the supplier of ecstacy pills in the area. (Tue Aug 14 08:03:08 2018 PDT)

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wcjb - (US) Drug Enforcement Administration officials will unveil new plans to combat Mexican drug cartels Wednesday in Chicago alongside members... (Wed Aug 15 18:41:38 2018 PDT)

TOP: I went undercover to expose the Ku Klux Klan - Chicago Tribune
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chicagotribune - (US) I went undercover to expose the Ku Klux Klan - Chicago Tribune I went undercover to expose the Ku Klux Klan BlacKkKlansman,b tells the true story of Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer who infiltrated a local branch of the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. Flashback: When Chicago welcomed the Ku Klux Klan ; ... (Thu Aug 16 14:02:03 2018 PDT)

OH: The Watson artificial-intelligence technology so far fails to produce real results in treating cancer - Crain's Cleveland Business
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crainscleveland - (US) The U.S. opioid epidemic has "peaked," former Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Cosgrove, who is joining Google Cloud H... (Tue Aug 14 18:19:09 2018 PDT)

TOP: Grant To Help Providers Coordinate Care Of Substance Abuse, Mental Illness - Hartford Courant
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courant - (US) Mark Jenkins, center, of the Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Coalition, participates in a summit on Connecticut's opioid crisis, held in Bridgeport in 2017. Mark Jenkins, center, of the Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Coalit... (Tue Aug 14 14:11:45 2018 PDT)

UK: Selma Blair QUITS Twitter in support of Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn - Daily Mail Online
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dailymail - Demi Lovato 'suffered an overdose after smoking painkiller Oxycodone likely laced with fentanyl'... the SAME powerful prescription drug that killed Prince and rapper Lil Peep ... (Tue Aug 14 10:02:53 2018 PDT)

UK: Donald Trump Jr. slams 'second chance' for Aziz Ansari but not Roseanne Barr - Daily Mail Online
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dailymail - Donald Trump Jr. slams 'second chance' for Aziz Ansari but not Roseanne Barr ! Daily Mail Online Demi Lovato 'suffered an overdose after smoking painkiller Oxycodone likely laced with fentanyl'... the SAME powerful prescription drug that killed Prince and rapper Lil Peep 'Another example of the rules only applying one way': Donald Trump Jr. complains that Aziz Ansari gets a 'second chance' after sexual misconduct ... (Tue Aug 14 10:02:53 2018 PDT)

UK: Tory Brexiteers ramp up pressure on PM with 'positive' rival blueprint - Daily Mail Online
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dailymail - Tory Brexiteers ramp up pressure on PM with 'positive' rival blueprint ! Daily Mail Online Demi Lovato 'suffered an overdose after smoking painkiller Oxycodone likely laced with fentanyl'... the SAME powerful prescription drug that killed Prince and rapper Lil Peep Four injured as Afghan asylum-seeker launches knife rampage in sleepy French townB Tory Brexiteers ramp up pressure on PM with 'positive' rival bluepri... (Tue Aug 14 10:02:53 2018 PDT)

UK: Roseanne Barr shows her support for the president by wearing a 'Trump 2020 Vision' hat at LAX - Daily Mail Online
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dailymail - Whose ABC 'Roseanne' reboot was canceled in May after she tweeted comparing a black woman to an ape. Was met by two men who carried her bags Barr. Was met by two men who carried her bags At the LAX. (Tue Aug 14 10:02:53 2018 PDT)