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Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana
Illinois has come within a signature of becoming the 19th state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. On Friday, the state Senate voted 35-21 to approve a medical marijuana measure, which now will head for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, National Government, Politics, Pat Quinn, Marijuana Use
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Abortion doctor guilty of killing 3 babies said to be born alive
PHILADELPHIAÂ — A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in a...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, OxyContin (drug)
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Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is spared death penalty
PHILADELPHIA — Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic, agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and now faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. The...
Tags: Abortion Issue, Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of murder
PHILADELPHIA — An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his "house of horrors" clinic. In a case that became a...
Tags: Abortion Issue, Justice System, Lawyers, OxyContin (drug), Crime, Law and Justice
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FDA allows sales of generic Opana painkiller to continue
Federal regulators said Friday that they would continue to allow sales of generic Opana, a narcotic painkiller similar to OxyContin, even though the pills are prone to abuse. Like OxyContin, Opana is an extended-release narcotic designed to offer pain...Tags: Pain, New Products, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Drugs and Medicines, OxyContin (drug)
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Generic version of narcotic Opana still for sale despite concerns
Federal regulators said Friday they would continue to allow sales of generic Opana, a narcotic painkiller similar to OxyContin, even though the pills are prone to abuse. Like OxyContin, Opana is an extended-release narcotic designed to offer pain...Tags: Pain, Drugs and Medicines, OxyContin (drug), Food and Drug Administration
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Jackson witness: Answer to health was 'Get him a bucket of chicken'
Michael Jackson’s makeup artist testified Friday that although the singer once asked her if she had painkillers, she never broached the subject of his addiction with him. Karen Faye said that during Jackson’s 2005 molestation trial in...
Tags: Witnesses, Katherine Jackson, Propecia (drug), Pain, Conrad Murray
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Ja Rule leaves federal prison for home confinement
Ja Rule took another step Tuesday toward life as a free man when he was released from a federal prison in upstate New York and headed home to begin home confinement for the balance of his sentence. The rapper, real name Jeffrey Atkins, was picked up...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Social Media, Kerry Washington, Prisons
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Brooke Mueller in rehab for prescription drug abuse, rep says
Brooke Mueller, ex-wife of Charlie Sheen and mother to his twin boys, has been getting treatment for prescription drug abuse since Friday, according to her rep. "Brooke is currently at UCLA Medical Center where she has been since being admitted May 3,"...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Justin Bieber, Drugs and Medicines, Charlie Sheen, Amanda Bynes
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'Suburgatory's' Jane Levy files for divorce to end brief marriage
"Suburgatory" star Jane Levy has filed for divorce to end her short-lived marriage, according to reports circulating Tuesday. The actress, 23, who plays a sharp-witted New York City teen transplanted to the suburbs on the ABC comedy series, filed papers...
Tags: Marriage, Heroin, Drugs and Medicines, Family, Juvenile Delinquency
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Dietary supplement contained erectile dysfunction drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the recall of several dietary supplements that contain the undeclared drug tadalafil, which is used to treat erectile dysfunction. The products --Â SexVoltz, Velextra, and Amerect -- were manufactured...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Consumers, Dietary Supplements, Drugs and Medicines, Diabetes
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Drug spending falls for first time in 6 decades
An explosion of cheap generic substitutes for widely used prescription drugs last year helped drive the first decline in pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. in nearly six decades. Drug makers often lament what they call the patent cliff, which is when...
Tags: Plavix (drug), Consumers, Medical Research, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Health Insurance
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