GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado — It’s not always easy being green. Medical marijuana is legal in Colorado, but there’s nowhere to get it on the Western Slope.
That leaves hundreds of people facing four-hour drives to a dispensary if they’re too sick to grow their own plants.
Of the more than 5,000 medical marijuana users in Colorado, hundreds live in the Western Slope, said Brian Vicente of the advocacy group Sensible Colorado.
Vicente predicts Read the rest of this entry »
Enanta Pharmaceuticals is a research and development company that uses its
novel chemistry approach and drug discovery capabilities to create best in
class small molecule drugs in the anti-infective field. At the heart of
Enanta is its commitment to innovative chemistry that surpasses traditional
medicinal chemistry approaches. Enanta is developing novel protease,
polymerase, and cyclophilin-based inhibitors targeted against the Hepatitis C
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When children have been harmed, she said, it has usually involved accidental overdoses by 2- or 3-year-olds. Adults may give them too much, she said, or unsupervised children drink the syrups.
Popular syrups from such brands as Triaminic and Robitussin with labels saying “Do Not Use” for children under 4 are being shipped to stores now, she said.
Older packages – minus the warning – are likely to remain on store shelves for several months during Read the rest of this entry »
Iowa teen left at Neb. hospital back with family
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa teenager who was abandoned at an Omaha hospital under Nebraska’s safe-haven law is back home, in part because the grandparents who dropped her off soon changed their minds, a county official said Thursday.
The 14-year-old girl from across the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was left at Creighton University Medical Center on Tuesday. She was the 17th child Read the rest of this entry »
An alleged mother-and-son prescription drug dealing team were arrested by Cottonwood Heights police on Friday.
Their Oxycontin customers were mainly juveniles, some as young as 15, said Cottonwood Heights police officer Beau Babka.
Police have talked to about 24 people who allegedly came from all over the Salt Lake Valley to buy drugs.
The 47-year-old woman and 19-year-old man were dealing the drugs from their home, Read the rest of this entry »
A diet rich in magnesium could slightly reduce the risk of a common type of stroke for male smokers, according to a new study. The study doesn’t tell us if the same benefit applies to women or non-smokers. And the reduction in risk from a magnesium-rich diet is very small compared with the extra risk of a stroke that comes from smoking in the first place.
What do we know already?
Magnesium is a mineral that you get from eating leafy vegetables, Read the rest of this entry »
The police action has also resulted in the arrest of 473 people since September last year. The seizures included nearly 50,000kg of Class A substances and 42 firearms.
Kenny MacAskill, the justice secretary, said it underlined that the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce, which held its sixth meeting yesterday, will use all means available to crack down on crime lords.
He said: “These successful operations show that the police and other law enforcement Read the rest of this entry »
The tanking economy hurts the wallet – and the body.
Scrimping Utahns are skipping preventive checkups and forgoing needed dentures and crowns. More are seeking treatment for depression and anxiety. They’re lining up for nearly free health care or heading to emergency rooms.
Or they simply suffer until they can afford to care for their out-of-control diabetes or festering wounds.
“It takes a lot on one’s body and soul Read the rest of this entry »
AFL fitness guru and Melbourne sports identity Daniel Michael Lynch broke down and wept today as a jury cleared him of any responsibility for a fatal road crash.
Mr Lynch, 31, of Gladstone, was yesterday acquitted of one count of causing death, and two of causing bodily harm, by dangerous driving.
After 10 hours of deliberation over two days, a District Court jury also acquitted him of three alternative counts of driving without due care and attention. Read the rest of this entry »
Even as the firings of workers by one giant company after another have raised concerns that New York City’s economy is shrinking fast, the hospitals and universities that dominate the city’s large nonprofit sector are generally holding firm and accounting for a growing share of private-sector jobs.
Instead of laying off large numbers of employees, which banks like Citigroup are doing, the city’s hospitals and universities are trying Read the rest of this entry »