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  • Medical marijuana becomes legal in Macedonia

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    Marijuana-derived medicines became legal on Monday in Macedonia, which joined over a dozen European countries that have already authorised the products for certain patients. Medicines containing less then 0.2 percent of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the plant's main psychoactive ingredient, can now be prescribed by doctors and bought in pharmacies, the head of Macedonia's agency for medicines…

  • In Flint, Michigan water crisis, city mayor did not violate ethics

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    (Reuters) – The mayor of the city of Flint, Michigan, did not redirect donations to her personal campaign from a charity meant to help families hurt by a water crisis in the city, an independent attorney said on Monday. There was no evidence of any ethical violations by Mayor Karen Weaver, said Brendon Basiga, an…

  • Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obama mercury air pollution rule

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    By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned aside the latest effort by a group of states led by Michigan to block Obama administration environmental regulations limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants. The justices opted not to hear the states' appeal of a December U.S. appeals…