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Worcester health board raises minimum age for tobacco to 21
It's going to get harder for teens to buy a pack of smokes in the second largest city in Massachusetts,…
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Hearing loss should be treated under Medicare, panel says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treating hearing loss shouldn't be such a pricey hassle. That's the message from a prestigious government…
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Marijuana use study sought by backers, foes of legalization
BOSTON – At odds over the prudence of legalizing retail sales of marijuana in Massachusetts, people on both sides of a proposed ballot…
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Scientific basis for laws on marijuana, driving questioned
WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorists are being convicted of driving under the influence of marijuana based on arbitrary state standards that have no connection…
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Canada plans to decriminalize marijuana next year, minister says
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada's Liberal government will introduce legislation to decriminalize and regulate recreational marijuana in spring 2017, Health Minister Jane…
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Baker joins DeLeo and Walsh to fight pot ballot measure
BOSTON – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has joined forces with Democratic leaders Robert DeLeo, the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and…