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Category: News Archive

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06.042011April 6, 2011

Research discovers how marijuana affects the way the brain processes emotional information

By WFADIn News Archive

Drugs like marijuana act on naturally occurring receptors in the brain called cannabinoid receptors. However, the mechanisms by which these...

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05.042011April 5, 2011

Public health importance of triggers of myocardial infarction: a comparative risk assessment

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Acute myocardial infarction is triggered by various factors, such as physical exertion, stressful events, heavy meals, or increases in air...

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04.042011April 4, 2011

Will Montanta be first State to repeal medi-pot?

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First, the Montana medical marijuana repeal bill passed the House (62 to 37), then the final Senate vote was (28...

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03.042011April 3, 2011

How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico’s murderous drug gangs

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As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a...

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01.042011July 4, 2020

Montana Senate passes bill to repeal medi-pot programme

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The Montana senate has just passed the HB 161, a bill to repeal the state’s current medi-pot program, by a...

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31.032011March 31, 2011

Feds’ praise for medical pot goes up in smoke

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For a brief time earlier this month, the National Cancer Institute, a branch of the federal government’s National Institutes of...

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31.032011March 31, 2011

Round table C discussion at CND Monday 21, March 2011, UNODC Vienna

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Addressing key Public health and Safety issues such as addictive behaviours of youth and drugged driving[1] Chairperson: . On behalf...

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30.032011March 30, 2011

A Historic Moment in Vienna – March 2011

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Each year in March representatives from the countries in all parts of the world gather in Vienna to oversee global...

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29.032011March 29, 2011

Effects of cannabis on cognitive function in patients with multiple sclerosis

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While neuropsychological deficits have been reported in healthy individuals who use street cannabis, data in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)...

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29.032011March 29, 2011

This is the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

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Information for those interested in the work carried out by the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. This is...

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