Branstad Leery of Medicinal Marijuana

Branstad leery of medicinal marijuana
[rewrite]Terry Branstad said Monday he empathizes with people suffering from maladies who have gone to the Statehouse seeking changes that would allow them access to medical marijuana, but he is not willing to sign off on the idea of legalizing the drug in Iowa …[/rewrite]
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Schumer Calls For Statewide Heroin Database
[rewrite]First, Schumer called on the President's Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to establish a detailed framework and implementation plan for New York counties to set up “DrugStat”, a first-ever information-sharing database that would track …[/rewrite]
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“Hi, I'm right here”: An open letter to Paul Ryan about poverty and empathy
[rewrite]The dentist called Nicole into the exam room, poked and prodded a bit, and listed some treatment options. Nicole crossed … Ironically, it really was for someone else, a nursing home worker I'd been urging for weeks to sign up for the food program. (I …[/rewrite]
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Roundtable on Samuel R. Delany, Grand Master
[rewrite]My students were all twelve, which most people would say is too young for Delany… but it was part of Duke's TIP program for gifted students, and we were told to design our syllabi like entry-level college courses, crammed into three weeks. So I …[/rewrite]
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