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Maryland Patients Wait for Medical Marijuana

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — While Maryland is on pace to have one of the slowest rollouts of medical marijuana in the country, patients across the state must skirt the law if they want to treat themselves. It has been more than 900 days since former Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana in the […]

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Radio Encryption: New Danger for First Responders

HARTFORD, Conn.— Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has the potential to backfire and put first responders in danger. Agencies with digital radio systems have turned off the encryption to their main dispatching channels and others have decided not to turn […]

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Veterans’ Applications Hidden In Storage Unit

RICHMOND, Va.— Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is seeking a criminal investigation after applications for veterans’ benefits were found in a storage unit belonging to a former state employee who was fired last year for mishandling records, officials said. Between 20 and 30 boxes of documents were recovered from the unit belonging to the ex-employee […]

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Analysis: Arkansas Medical Pot Foes Learned Lessons From 2012

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When Arkansas voters narrowly rejected legalizing medical marijuana four years ago, it was a relief to the social conservatives who had mounted a last-ditch effort to kill a measure whose momentum had surprised many in this Bible Belt state. With two competing proposals on the ballot, opponents don’t want to be […]

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Report: 2.5M Are Missing Out on Health Care Credits

Millions of Americans who bought individual health insurance outside the Affordable Care Act’s public exchanges may be leaving money on the table if they skip those marketplaces again in picking 2017 coverage, a new report says. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 2.5 million people who bought so-called off-exchange coverage for this […]

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Connecticut Encourages Research on Medical Marijuana

HARTFORD, Conn. —Connecticut is encouraging its hospitals, universities and licensed marijuana producers to embark on research that could improve understanding of marijuana’s medicinal qualities, something officials hope will also boost the state’s biotech industry. While there’s some research already underway in Connecticut and elsewhere, officials here hope the state’s initiative, which began Oct. 1, will […]

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Military Restores Coverage for Transgender Care

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Like many transgender teens, Jenn Brewer faced bullying when she came out. Some classmates called her “tranny,” and a few teachers refused to address the 13-year-old by anything other than her male birth name, she said. But she and her family found that the biggest difficulty came from her father’s employer: the […]

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Could “Drug Checking” Have Prevented Prince’s Death?

As the investigation into Prince’s death homes in on the source of the fatal fentanyl, some observers are suggesting that the United States explore a lifesaving strategy used in Europe: services that check addicts’ drug supplies to see if they are safe. In Spain, the Netherlands and a handful of other countries, users voluntarily turn […]

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Nurse Settles Suit over Disability

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.— The attorney for a former New Jersey school nurse who accused her bosses of discrimination based on her disability says his client has reached a $2 million settlement with a board of education. Rose Martinez’s attorney tells NJ.com the settlement comes as she has been testifying about her attempts to seek help […]

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Governor Wolf Urges Action on Opioid Bills

HARRISBURG, Pa.— Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is telling lawmakers that now is the time to take a stand against opioid and heroin addiction, and he urged quick action on a package of legislation in the waning days of the fall legislative session. Some 3,500 Pennsylvanians lost their lives to addiction in 2015, Wolf said in […]

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VA Gives Congress Facts on Hospital Costs

DENVER —The Veterans Affairs Department turned over documents to Congress September 28 in response to a subpoena demanding information about how the cost of a Denver-area VA hospital soared more than $1 billion over budget. VA spokeswoman Linda West said the department gave the House Veterans Affairs Committee some of the documents that lawmakers wanted […]

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Sugary Drinks Tax on Ballot in Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO— The national fight over sugary soda is bubbling up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where voters in November will consider a tax on the drinks that many health experts say contribute to diabetes, obesity and tooth decay. Backers of the campaign say a penny-per-ounce tax is needed in San Francisco, Oakland and […]

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