Tag: initiative
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Denver to become first U.S. city to legalize social marijuana use
The announcement comes amid a string of victories for proponents of medical and recreational marijuana use, with voters in California and Massachusetts approving ballot initiatives legalizing recreational use of the drug last week. The Colorado measure will permit private businesses to allow marijuana use by adults in designated areas with certain exceptions. Backers of the…
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Denver to become first U.S. city to legalize social marijuana use
The announcement comes amid a string of victories for proponents of medical and recreational marijuana use, with voters in California and Massachusetts approving ballot initiatives legalizing recreational use of the drug last week. The Colorado measure will permit private businesses to allow marijuana use by adults in designated areas with certain exceptions. Backers of the…
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Medellin: The Right Place and Time for Collaborative Learning in Public Health
by Negeen Darani, Harvard Humanitarian InitiativePhoto by Kevin Dooley. Today marks Day 2 of the Post-Conflict Colombia and Public Health course — a project of the Open Hands Initiative and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), in collaboration with the University of Antioquia School of Medicine. Sixteen students from the Harvard T.H. Chan…
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Oral contraceptive use early in pregnancy not tied to defects
By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – Women who accidentally keep taking oral contraceptives after becoming pregnant shouldn't worry about birth defects, a new study suggests. An analysis of nearly 900,000 births found no connection between oral contraceptive use right before or during pregnancy and birth defects in babies, researchers report in The BMJ. “For…
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Canadian cross-border M&A seen gaining momentum in 2016
By John Tilak and Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) – Lawyers expect cross-border deals to again drive Canadian merger and acquisition activity in 2016 after aggressive moves by Canadian firms spurred a major surge in M&A transactions last year. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt topped the list of law firms that advised on M&A transactions involving Canadian…