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Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug, in line with Harris’ position
4 months ago

Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug, in line with Harris’ position

Associated Press  

▶ Follow the AP’s live coverage and analysis as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet for their first debate. WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has signaled support for a potentially historic federal policy shift to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, putting his position in line with that of his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris. The commonality reflects a major shift …

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CVS and Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill in states where it's legal
10 months, 1 week ago

CVS and Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill in states where it's legal

NPR  

CVS and Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill in states where it's legal Enlarge this image toggle caption Allen G. Breed/AP Allen G. Breed/AP CVS and Walgreens, two of the country's largest retail pharmacies, received federal certification to begin dispensing mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, in states where it is legal to do so, the companies …

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Kentucky AG announces latest round of funding to groups battling the state's drug abuse problems
1 year, 3 months ago

Kentucky AG announces latest round of funding to groups battling the state's drug abuse problems

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A state commission has awarded …

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HHS Reportedly Calls On DEA To Reclassify Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug
1 year, 4 months ago

HHS Reportedly Calls On DEA To Reclassify Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a letter. In the letter addressed to the Drug Enforcement Agency administrator Anne Milgram, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine asked for marijuana to be reclassified as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act, …

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Seagulls steal drugs from people in Britain and get high, then dive-bomb alarmed pedestrians
1 year, 7 months ago

Seagulls steal drugs from people in Britain and get high, then dive-bomb alarmed pedestrians

Firstpost  

Believe it or not – seagulls in a number of coastal towns of the United Kingdom have landed themselves in a strange situation. According to British media reports, the seagulls have been swooping down and stealing the drug colloquially called ‘spice’, causing rather peculiar behaviour and frightening the local population. Spice, also known as ‘K2,’ is a synthetic marijuana designed …

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Be ruthless in dealing with drug lords: Shah to agencies
1 year, 8 months ago

Be ruthless in dealing with drug lords: Shah to agencies

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Asking the anti-drug agencies to act “ruthlessly” against the peddlers, their cartels and networks, the Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the government has set a target to free India completely of narcotics menace by 2047. Addressing the first conference of the heads of Anti-Narcotics Task Forces of states and Union territories, Mr Shah said …

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US overdose deaths may be peaking, but experts are wary
2 years, 1 month ago

US overdose deaths may be peaking, but experts are wary

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. U.S. overdose death rates began steadily climbing in the …

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Zero-tolerance policy towards drugs giving results: Amit Shah
2 years, 5 months ago

Zero-tolerance policy towards drugs giving results: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the government’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy to curb the menace of narcotics was showing results and pitched for enhanced Centre-state coordination to crackdown further. Union home minister Amit Shah addresses the National Conference on Drug Trafficking and National Security organised by NCB, in Chandigarh on Saturday. “The Ministry of Home Affairs is working on …

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Overturning Roe v. Wade isn’t the end for abortion opponents
2 years, 5 months ago

Overturning Roe v. Wade isn’t the end for abortion opponents

Associated Press  

Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, abortion opponents are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts. It also recommends criminal penalties for any person, including a doctor, who knowingly or intentionally causes or …

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US prosecutors accuse Japan-based crime gang in drug case
2 years, 9 months ago

US prosecutors accuse Japan-based crime gang in drug case

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Four men associated with a Japan-based crime syndicate known as “yakuza” have been charged with trying to negotiate a deal to exchange high-powered weapons for drugs with an undercover U.S. agent, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Prosecutors said the DEA agent infiltrated the organization by posing as an arms dealer eager to trade surface-to-air missiles — presumably meant …

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States look for solutions as US fentanyl deaths keep rising
2 years, 9 months ago

States look for solutions as US fentanyl deaths keep rising

Associated Press  

As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the U.S. for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem the destruction wrought by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. Meanwhile, Republican state attorneys general are calling for more federal action, while some GOP governors are deploying National Guard units with a mission that includes stopping …

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Honduras: Hernandez surrounded after US requests extradition
2 years, 10 months ago

Honduras: Hernandez surrounded after US requests extradition

Al Jazeera  

Hernandez left office on January 27 with the swearing-in of President Xiomara Castro. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has said he is ready to collaborate with the national police, hours after authorities surrounded his house amid US government requests that he be arrested and extradited to Washington. Honduras’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said via Twitter on Monday that …

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Colorado panel issues guidelines for injecting ketamine
3 years, 1 month ago

Colorado panel issues guidelines for injecting ketamine

Associated Press  

DENVER — Colorado’s health department announced Wednesday that emergency workers should not use a condition involving erratic behavior by people as a reason to inject them with the drug ketamine. The report done by an expert medical panel found that determining if a person is experiencing excited delirium is open to interpretation and has been “associated with racial bias against …

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John Grant: Oklahoma puts first inmate to death since 2015, but witness reports he convulsed and vomited during execution
3 years, 2 months ago

John Grant: Oklahoma puts first inmate to death since 2015, but witness reports he convulsed and vomited during execution

CNN  

CNN — An Oklahoma death row inmate who was executed Thursday convulsed and vomited shortly after receiving the first drug, a witness said, in the state’s first execution since it postponed lethal injections years ago for a review. The first drug used in John Grant’s execution was midazolam, a sedative that some states introduced to execution procedures in recent years …

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US drug companies say $26bn opioid settlement will proceed
3 years, 4 months ago

US drug companies say $26bn opioid settlement will proceed

Al Jazeera  

Companies say ‘enough’ US states joined a settlement resolving claims they fuelled the opioid epidemic, allowing it to move ahead. Three large US drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson will proceed with a proposed $26bn settlement resolving claims that they fuelled the opioid epidemic after “enough” states joined in, the companies said. The companies had until Saturday to decide …

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New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana
3 years, 9 months ago

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is poised to join a growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use. It has taken years for the state’s lawmakers to come to a consensus on how to legalize recreational marijuana in New York. Adam Goers, a vice president …

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Oklahoma tries to return $2m worth of hydroxychloroquine
3 years, 11 months ago

Oklahoma tries to return $2m worth of hydroxychloroquine

Al Jazeera  

The anti-malaria drug was once touted by former US President Donald Trump as an effective treatment for COVID-19. The Oklahoma attorney general’s office is attempting to return $2m worth of a malaria drug once touted by former United States President Donald Trump as an effective treatment for COVID-19, a spokesman said Wednesday. Alex Gerszewski, a spokesman for Attorney General Mike …

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Brazil's Sceptical President Jair Bolsonaro Contracts Coronavirus, Says Taking Anti-malarial Drug HCQ
4 years, 6 months ago

Brazil's Sceptical President Jair Bolsonaro Contracts Coronavirus, Says Taking Anti-malarial Drug HCQ

News 18  

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus but said he was feeling "perfectly well" and had only mild symptoms. In the interview broadcast on state-run TV Brasil, Bolsonaro said he began feeling ill on Sunday and has been taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug with unproven effectiveness against COVID-19. The US embassy in Brasilia …

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US buys nearly full stock of Covid-19 drug remdesivir, nothing for other nations for 3 months
4 years, 6 months ago

US buys nearly full stock of Covid-19 drug remdesivir, nothing for other nations for 3 months

India Today  

In a surprising move, the US has announced it will be buying up nearly the entire global stock of remdesivir -- the drug proven to be effective against coronavirus, for the next stock. Releasing a press statement, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that it will be buying up virtually the entire produced stock of remdesivir from …

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U.S. states build stockpiles of malaria drug touted by Trump
4 years, 8 months ago

U.S. states build stockpiles of malaria drug touted by Trump

LA Times  

At least 13 states have obtained a total of more than 10 million doses of malaria drugs to treat COVID-19 patients, despite warnings from doctors that more tests are needed. State and local governments across the United States have obtained more than 30 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Trump to treat patients with COVID-19, despite warnings …

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Deaths from suicide, alcohol and drug overdoses at all-time high
5 years, 6 months ago

Deaths from suicide, alcohol and drug overdoses at all-time high

The Independent  

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Nebraska’s tough approach to medical marijuana may backfire
5 years, 8 months ago

Nebraska’s tough approach to medical marijuana may backfire

Associated Press  

— Year after year, Nebraska’s conservative lawmakers have rejected measures calling for limited and highly regulated medical marijuana. “I have no idea what’s going on down in Lincoln.” Since 2010, legislators have rejected medical marijuana bills three times, even measures that allowed only low levels of the drug’s active ingredient and restricted it to creams and oils with a ban …

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