Local Marijuana Laws Conflict With National Policies Worldwide

Published January 31, 2013

Local Marijuana Laws Conflict with National Policies Worldwide

Filed under: Seattle Drug Use

National drug policy still classifies pot as a Schedule I drug, along with heroin, ecstasy and LSD, with “no currently accepted medical use in the United States” and “a high potential for abuse.” That has left the Obama administration nothing but tough …
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Marijuana research: Is the limit for stoned-while-driving too high?

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Marilyn Huestis is a senior investigator in chemistry and drug metabolism at the Intramural Research Program under the National Institute on Drug Abuse and, thus, the National Institute of Health. She added that almost no one tested at 5 nanograms of …
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Sweeping changes needed for curler's use of PEDs

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Sweeping changes needed for curler's use of PEDs. Is any sport safe … Olympic gold medalist Jim Armstrong of Canada will be suspended for 18 months after testing positive for tamoxifen, a breast-cancer drug that serves as an estrogren-blocker. Who's …
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