Advocates of recreational marijuana planning to see what voters think of full …

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And now everybody is finally realizing it," said Downing, a 58-year-old insurance broker who is treasurer of Bay State Repeal, a new volunteer organization looking to put a question on the 2016 ballot that will ask Massachusetts voters to legalize …
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2 minor leaguers suspended for drug violations

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The commissioner's office said Thursday that Alvarez tested positive for artificial testosterone and Thompson was penalized for a second violation for a drug of abuse. Thompson's discipline will start when he signs with another major league organization.
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Substance abuse more likely among patients with mental illness

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… interventions to reduce smoking, drinking and drug use that have worked in other patient populations don't seem to be very effective in these psychiatric patients,” study researcher Sarah M. Hartz, MD, PhD, an assistant professor at Washington …
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