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Bieber Fans Take Devotion to a Disturbing New Level
Obsessive fans have always been known to go to extremes to get the attention of their idols, but Justin Bieber fans have taken their devotion to a disturbing and horrifying level this week. After Bieber was photographed smoking marijuana in California,...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Recreational Substance Use, Quitting Smoking
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Medicinal pot is coming. Why it's not time to worry
Change of SubjectIf it goes through, we'll see a trade-off. Increases in addiction, crime and family dissolution along with assorted benefits. But enough about the proposed expansion of casino gambling in Illinois. Today I want to talk about the inevitability of... -
Valley Police Beat: Gun reported stolen, later found
EL CENTRO — A handgun was initially reported stolen out of a car while its owner was at the American Legion, according to El Centro Police Department logs. The report was taken early Saturday morning. The reporting party called back and said he...Tags: Theft, Lifestyle and Leisure, American Legion, The Salvation Army, Recreational Substance Use
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Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana
Illinois has come within a signature of becoming the 19th state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. On Friday, the state Senate voted 35-21 to approve a medical marijuana measure, which now will head for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Prescription Drugs, Government, Lifestyle and Leisure, Illinois General Assembly
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After emotional debate, Senate OKs medical marijuana
— Siding with patients who say cannabis is the only drug that can safely ease their chronic pain, the Senate sent Gov. Pat Quinn a measure Friday that would make Illinois the 19th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. The issue sparked...Tags: Judges, HIV, Glaucoma, Elections, Linda Holmes
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The Great Debate
While marijuana use is still illegal under federal law, the general direction of state laws regarding marijuana is clearly moving in the direction of leniency. Two states in November, Colorado and Washington, legalized it for recreational purposes....
Tags: Muscle Cramps and Spasms, Addiction, Science and Technology, Substance Abuse, Judges
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Man jumps to death after cops respond to pot complaint
Tribune reporterA man jumped to his death after police responded to a complaint of a person smoking marijuana in his 7th floor Uptown apartment, authorities said. The man was dead on the scene this morning in the 4500 block of North Clarendon Avenue, according to the...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Drug Trafficking, Recreational Substance Use
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Environmental Illness, Ear Infection, Amblyopia, Migraine
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Mother charged with beating 15-month-old baby to death
An Allentown woman was charged Wednesday with beating her 15-month-old son so badly last month he later died. Essence James, 34, of 718 N. 15th St., took her baby, Cordero James, into the bathroom of her home March 8, beat him and placed him in bed...
Tags: Trials, Court Preliminary, Prosecution, Lifestyle and Leisure, Allentown
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Pot in a pill: All the pain relief without the smoke
Unless there is some recognized analgesic effect of rolling a joint, lighting it up and deeply inhaling the by-products of marijuana combustion, then it stands to reason that you could distill the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana,...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Substance Abuse, Lifestyle and Leisure, Columbia University
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A sensible policy on pot
Lawmakers in Annapolis rejected a bill this year that would have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, but prosecutors in Baltimore City are already ahead of the curve in treating the offense as a public health issue rather than...
Tags: Prisons, Annapolis, Substance Abuse, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lawyers
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Marijuana legalization wins majority support in poll
WASHINGTON -- A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, a new poll indicates, with the change driven largely by a huge shift in how the baby boom generation feels about the drug of their youth. By 52% to 45%, adult Americans back...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Lifestyle and Leisure, Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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