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Patients urge approval of medical marijuana
A clean-cut young man with Tourette's syndrome sat at the witness table in Annapolis Friday afternoon, his head occasionally jerking back and forth, and pleaded with Maryland lawmakers to make it legal to use marijuana for medical purposes.
The...Tags: Multiple Sclerosis, Illegal Immigrants, Prosecution, Baltimore County, Executive Branch
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Treating the wounds of military sexual trauma
Machele Fredericks had to face her attacker every day.
She was in the Air Force. He was a fellow service member on the base. And he said that if she told anyone what he'd done, he'd kill her.
"You didn't hear much of people getting raped in the military...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Hospitals and Clinics, Minority Groups, Sex Crimes, Mental Health
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Letter: Sharfstein's caution and desire for more data on marijuana is warranted
I am surprised that the Towson Times (Feb. 15) would endorse the medical marijuana bill favored by state Del. Dan Morhaim (HB1158) and not endorse the medical marijuana bill (HB1024) favored by Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, secretary of the Maryland Department...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Pharmaceuticals, Glaucoma
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Fighting AIDS with medical marijuana
In response to the Reuters report that appeared in your newspaper about the global fight against HIV/AIDS, I'm writing to raise awareness of the usefulness of medical marijuana in AIDS treatment ("Obama raises U.S. goal on fighting AIDS," Dec. 1). While...Tags: HIV, Flu, Drugs and Medicines, Recreational Substance Use, Symptoms
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Hampden at wit's end over teen troublemakers
Youths and teenagers as young as 12 are causing consternation in Hampden — throwing rocks at cars, vandalizing property, cursing loudly, skipping school, popping car tires with pocket knives and smoking marijuana behind a public school, according to...Tags: Car Tires, Recreational Substance Use, Juvenile Delinquency, Hampden, Mary Pat Clarke
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Harford County Police Blotter
Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Derek William Strickland, 29, of the 600 block of Curtis Street, was arrested on a bench warrant Wednesday in a case in which he was charged with driving under the...Tags: Harford County, Jose Mercedes, Maryland State Police, Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland)
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Md. panel on medical pot eyes academic centers to run program
As proposals take shape for a medical marijuana program in Maryland, the state is considering an approach that would put academic centers such as the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland at the helm as a way of closely monitoring the...Tags: Multiple Sclerosis, Lawyers, Jamin B. Raskin, Talk Shows (genre), David Brinkley
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Intense scrutiny has Phelps weighing whether he will swim in 2012 Games
In his first interview since a photo surfaced showing him smoking from a marijuana pipe, Michael Phelps said yesterdaythat the intense public scrutiny has him contemplating whether he will swim in the 2012 Olympics.
Phelps, who said that he "clearly made...Tags: Katie Hoff, Michael Phelps, Family, Multi-Sport Events, Beijing Games
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Phelps photo no joke, some say
Baltimore Sun reportersTen years ago, a photo that showed an athlete like Michael Phelps apparently getting high at a party probably would have resulted in considerable fallout. That might still happen to the athlete who has won the most gold medals in Olympic history, who has...Tags: Super Bowl, Athletes, Michael Phelps, Judd Apatow, Drugs and Medicines
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Officials worry after drugs are found in gumballs
Baltimore Sun reporterMost of the time, police aren't surprised when they find a ballpoint pen crammed with cocaine, or illicit pills stashed in a secret compartment of a running shoe. But when a bag full of smiley-faced gumballs hollowed out and stuffed like mushrooms with...Tags: Arlington County, Prosecution, Ellicott City, LSD, Recreational Substance Use
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Most California voters don't support legalizing pot, poll finds
In California, cradle of the marijuana movement, a new poll has found a majority of voters do not support legalization, even as they overwhelmingly back medicinal use for "patients with terminal and debilitating conditions." Eighty percent of voters...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Polls, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Laws
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