Sensible Washington Wants All Drug Possession Crimes to Be Misdemeanors

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Last November Washington voters decided that the possession of small quantities of marijuana should be legal for adults. But are we ready to de-felonize possession of all controlled substances?
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Patient permission not always needed for research

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In 1996, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration passed regulations allowing research about emergency treatment to occur without permission. For a study to qualify, patients need to have a life-threatening …
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Latin America Most Dangerous Place For Environmentalists

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Meanwhile, in Mexico in particular, the rampant drug trade has created a pool of readily available hit men. “The reality on the ground is that law is very weak in terms of regulating megaprojects,” the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez activist, who asked to …
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Special courts for veterans expanding across US

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But in veterans court, VA social workers arrange housing for the homeless, drug counseling for the addicted and therapy for those with post-traumatic stress disorder. The federal resources dedicated to helping each defendant generally reaches into the …
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