OUR VIEW: Respecting Marijuana as Medicine

Published March 2, 2013

OUR VIEW: Respecting marijuana as medicine

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While marijuana's role as a “gateway drug” is debatable, opioids have indeed become a real “gateway drug” for many who have been prescribed such drugs for pain. “I see so many problems with drug abuse,” Pasternak said. “If we could solve the drug …
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Former Dot-com Millionaire Guilty of Selling Drugs

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In the years since, that temporary flush of wealth evaporated and Ms. Sultan, 38, developed an addiction to prescription painkillers. On Friday … She was arrested last July and accused of being part of a ring that sold prescription drugs and guns …
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Helping Patients Sleep Better: California Poppy

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Unlike narcotic drugs (e.g., Percocet, Oxydone) and benzodiazepine drugs (e.g., Valium, Ativan) often used to help patients in pain sleep through the night, supplements containing Eschscholzia californica do not cause addiction or destroy a person's …
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