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Strategy, Timing Key to States' Pot Legalization

Strategy, timing key to states' pot legalization

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

An esteemed businessman, he hid his identity because he didn't want to offend customers who — like so many in those days — viewed marijuana as a villain in the ever-raging “war on drugs.” … California's Proposition… Continue reading

More Employers Demand Applicants Quit Smoking

More employers demand applicants quit smoking

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The Dispatch E-Edition. The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper. … “And I couldn't use a patch or gum because they have nicotine in them and would have shown up on the… Continue reading

Rene Working on His Terms

Rene working on his terms

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While most contestants auditioned with cover versions of Adele or Whitney Houston, he went with that original song about re-learning how to be a grown up, the one that has gone on to hit number one in New… Continue reading

Lenny Kravitz to Play Marvin Gaye in New Biopic

Lenny Kravitz to Play Marvin Gaye in New Biopic

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The Evening Standard is reporting that Lenny will relive the last few years of Gaye's life in the film, covering his alcohol addiction and tax evasion while he lived in London in the early 1980s. Marvin… Continue reading

Bulger's Directorial Debut, 'Beware of Mr. Baker,' Is Out Now. Courtesy of

Bulger's directorial debut, 'Beware of Mr. Baker,' is out now. Courtesy of

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Actually it was the guest room of Baker's South African compound, where in 2008 Bulger lived for three months, getting to know (and learning to take a torrent of abuse from)… Continue reading

ADCETRIS Granted Orphan Drug Designation for Treatment of Mycosis

ADCETRIS Granted Orphan Drug Designation For Treatment Of Mycosis

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Seattle Genetics, Inc. (SGEN: Quote) announced that ADCETRIS has been granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of mycosis fungoides, a common type of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Seattle… Continue reading

Prescription Drug Addiction Rising

Prescription drug addiction rising

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(Omaha) — Pain medication addiction is on the rise in Nebraska with some law enforcement officials calling it an epidemic. University of Nebraska Medical Center Assistant Psychiatry Professor Dr. Aly Hassan says availability makes a difference …
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Presenting the Tailgate Book Club

Presenting the Tailgate Book Club

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Alfred Brooks's dead-end job, the gang of kids who are after him, and his friend's spiral down the road of drug addiction leaves him in need of hope. He finds it at a gym where he discovers not just… Continue reading