Legal Weed States and Laws: Medical Marijuana Ballot Measure And …
In the meantime, there were already 18 medical marijuana companies that have registered in the state of Florida just this year alone. Among those that are at the forefront is The Florida Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Institute, which will offer …
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Medical marijuana companies flood Florida ahead of ballot measure
Medical Marijuana of Brevard LLC, Medical Marijuana Business Lawyers LLC and Medical Marijuana Centers of Florida Inc., are among the first positioning to take advantage of a boom, should Florida voters approve the referendum by a 60 percent margin …
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Scott calls for Senate to fund child welfare reforms
He then chastised the Florida Senate for not including the money in its budget while defending gaps in his own child welfare budget. After praising the work of local investigators, Scott said: “I am asking the Senate to do right … During a news …
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Rural Ohio ravaged by drug deaths
Experts say treatment and rehabilitation is the key to fighting the drug problem, but only about a half-dozen treatment centers in southwest Ohio offer opiate addiction services, according to the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services.
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Synanon's Sober Utopia: How a Drug Rehab Program Became a Violent Cult
Dederich is credited with a lot of positive innovations early on in his career as a drug rehab guru. He focused on a marginalized group that most institutions wanted nothing to do with. He was said to have coined the phrase "Today is the first day of …
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Medical marijuana could be good for business in Florida
Medical Marijuana of Brevard LLC, Medical Marijuana Business Lawyers LLC and Medical Marijuana Centers of Florida Inc., are among the first positioning to take advantage of a boom, should Florida voters approve the referendum by a 60 percent margin …
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AP News in Brief at 8:58 pm EDT
South Florida civil rights and fair housing leader Janet Launcelott dies · Bubba Watson wins another …. Reliance on the military is a response that hints at concerns over the reliability of the police, who have often proven unable or unwilling to …
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Fighting heroin addiction / Treatment beds needed
Today, the problem with the battle against heroin addiction is beds – treatment beds in in-patient rehabilitation facilities. Which means that the problem is also about money. South Jersey, indeed the nation, has nowhere near the number of treatment …
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A Sobering Story: Addicts must confront their demons, experts say
So people tend to still see it as a moral weakness,” said Vince Mercuri, executive director of The Open Door Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Center in Indiana. However, addiction is not a moral failing, and … In the brains of addicts, that circuitry …
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Prison Reform Is Bigger in Texas
In Texas, funneling money to special courts (like drug courts or prostitution courts), rehabilitation, and probation in an effort to make sure current offenders don't reoffend, instead of continuing to make room for more prisoners, has resulted in …
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Overlook Medical Center in Summit announces its April/May calendar of events
Mountainside Library, Constitution Plaza, Mountainside. Wednesday … Monsignor John F. Corr Stroke and Neuro Education, Treatment and Research Center, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute, Ground Floor, 95 Mount Kemble Avenue, Morristown. Msgr. John F.
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The opera singer who changed the civil rights movement
When the colour of her skin excluded her from a major concert hall, Anderson, who insisted she had no interest in being a social campaigner, became the centre of a fierce political storm. Anderson owned 762 South Martin Street, Philadelphia, for …
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Search dogs aid in Oso recovery operation
The local all-volunteer organization that's overseen by the Clark County Sheriff's Office and the local 911 dispatch center has had three canine teams sent to Oso so far, she said. When the pair … From her vantage point, she couldn't see all of it …
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