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By Amy Norton, HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Random drug testing in schools may sound like a good way to keep kids off ...
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Doctors Ask: ‘Is Marijuana Medicine?’
HARRISBURG, PA – While many states have pushed for new laws to legalize the use of marijuana for medical reasons, there are few well-controlled studies ...
Read More »Is Congress Ready To Fix Medicare Pay For Doctors?
By Mary Agnes Carey With a deadline fast approaching, bipartisan negotiations are heating up in the House to find a permanent replacement for Medicare’s physician payment formula. But the tentative ...
Read More »IOM Says U.S. Should Raise Legal Smoking Age to 21
THURSDAY, March 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Raising the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 would save hundreds of thousands of ...
Read More »Historic Senate Bill Introduced to Legalize Medical Marijuana Across U.S.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday introduced an historic bill that would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY) and ...
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