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Why DEA is Against Legalizing Smoked Marijuana

As the clamor for legalizing marijuana peaks in US, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) remains adamant on its stand that smoked marijuana is harmful. Since the prescription medicine Marinol, which is a synthetic form of Delta-9-THC, the chemical found in smoked marijuana that treats distressing symptoms, is available for the medical consumption, DEA believes that legalizing smoked marijuana will only lead to misuse.
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Blood-Thinner Brilinta Gets FDA Approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the blood-thinner Brilinta (ticagrelor) to cut the risk of heart attack and death in patients with acute coronary syndromes, or ACS.
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Bamboo Stick Impales 13-Year-Old's Neck

Dez Heal, 13, of Lynchburg, Va., was playing a Ninja game with his friends when a bamboo stick which he had decided to put the back of my shirt, impaled his neck.
Woman prepares HIV/AIDS drugs

HIV Cure: 'Educate the Healthy' Rather Than 'Heal the Already Dead'

We need a global scientific strategy in order to eradicate AIDS, researches said at the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention.Fifteen years ago, even the most optimistic members of the scientific community were silent about the prospect of an HIV cure or vaccine, said IAS 2011 International Chair and IAS President, Elly Katabira.
Police seizes heroin shipment

Potential Vaccine for Heroin Addiction: Study

A study in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry revealed that scientists have developed an essential ingredient for a heroin vaccine to help individuals battling addiction.Kim D. Janda said that heroin use costs the US more than $22 billion in 1996 due to medical and law enforcement expenses and loss of productivity.
At Issue: U.S. Health Care

Birth Control Without Co-Pay?

The Institute of Medicine, or IOM, has recommended that the federal government consider having free birth control as part of its preventive services supporting women's health.
A Common Parasite May be Linked to Brain Cancers

Fear of Alzheimer's on the Rise: Study

Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia that becomes progressively worse over time, is the second-most feared disease, said U.S. and European researches Wednesday. The most feared disease?

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