Assembly Approves Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Published June 6, 2013

Assembly approves medical marijuana dispensaries

Filed under: Seattle Drug Use

Thirteen years ago, voters amended the Nevada Constitution to legalize the use of medical marijuana, but there has been no way of legally getting the drug in the state aside from growing it at home. The Legislature acted to change that Monday …
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Promising New Cancer Drugs Empower the Body's Own Defense System

Filed under: Seattle Drug Use

This is a conference that has hailed drugs that extend lives by only a few weeks as breakthroughs. “We're so used to failure, we get excited very easily,” said Dr. Kim Margolin, an expert on melanoma and immune therapies at the Seattle Cancer Care …
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Seattle and Portland's Strange Toilet History

Filed under: Seattle Drug Use

Seattle, of course, is no stranger to public restroom debacles. In 2004, Seattle installed five self-cleaning cans throughout the city for a cost of $ 5 million. The expensive toilets became havens for garbage, drug use and prostitution. Eventually …
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