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crime

Study: Teen marijuana use and crime decrease as states legalize

The number of teens using and suffering from problems related to marijuana is falling at the same time more states are legalizing marijuana.

Massachusetts

Legalizing marijuana will increase our opiate epidemic

We have, for some time, known that the more marijuana there is in our communities, the more opiate and heroin use rises. Now, brain science is beginning to explain why. Studies reveal that the cannabinoid-opioid systems of the brain are intimately connected. There is a functional interaction between the mu

Massachusetts

Mass. doc fined in connection with medical marijuana practices in Maine

Massachusetts regulators have reprimanded and fined a doctor at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester in connection with his medical marijuana prescribing practices in Maine. According to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, Dr. William Ortiz agreed in a consent order that he had been disciplined in September 2014 by

Abortion

Oklahoma lawmakers pass abortion ban, await governor’s signature

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers have moved to effectively ban abortion in their state by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure, an effort the bill's sponsor said Thursday is aimed at ultimately overturning the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decision that legalized

marijuana

Sanders urges removing pot from federal illegal drugs list

(CNSNews.com) – "We have got to have the guts to rethink the so-called war on drugs," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said at Thursday's Democrat debate in Brooklyn. He identified the issue as one of the differences between himself and his rival Hillary Clinton.

Massachusetts

Senate pot committee to publish findings

A special Senate committee formed to study the possible impacts of legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts is poised to release its findings next week. Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, Sen. Jason Lewis and members of the Special Committee on Marijuana will unveil the report at a press conference scheduled for Tuesday. Lewis,