Legal pot sales begin amid uncertainty in Colo.

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There are public health and law enforcement concerns, including whether wide availability of a drug with a generations-old stigma of ruining lives will lead to more underage drug use, more cases of driving while high and more crime. As state officials …
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Doctor charged in cattle shootings pays owners

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Wallowa County District Attorney Mona Williams, who is prosecuting the case that occurred in neighboring Union County, told the judge that pressing ahead with the animal abuse charges would not violate the civil settlement because she is pursuing them …
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Drug settlement money to fund addiction treatment

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's drug treatment programs, overstretched by a host of dependency woes, will get a $ 32 million infusion from settlements with two pharmaceutical companies, Attorney General Jack Conway said Monday. Flanked by the …
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Location and money ongoing challenges for alternative shelter in Chico

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A subcommittee of the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force has talked to alternative shelters in other locations, including Portland, Seattle and Dublin, Ireland, said group chair Jennifer Haffner. Contra Costa County's program is … "People wouldn't be …
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