Tag: legalization
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Kansas Parents of 2 Girls With Microcephaly Share Joys, Struggles of Family Life
From the very beginning, Scott and Gwen Hartley from Kansas knew there was something very different about their daughter, Claire. “Literally she was born and there was a lot of commotion,” Gwen Hartley said.” I remember thinking what's going on? It took months to get a diagnosis: Microcephaly – a neurological condition in which babies’…
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U.S. top court rejects suit against Colorado over marijuana law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lawsuit filed by the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma against their neighbor Colorado over a law approved as a ballot initiative by Colorado voters in 2012 that allows the recreational use of marijuana. The court declined to hear the case filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma, which…
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U.S. top court rejects suit against Colorado over marijuana law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lawsuit filed by the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma against their neighbor Colorado over a law approved as a ballot initiative by Colorado voters in 2012 that allows the recreational use of marijuana. The court declined to hear the case filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma, which…
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BioMarin drug fails to show inattention, mood benefit in study
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc’s drug met a study’s main goal of reducing a toxic buildup of an amino acid in the blood of patients with a genetic disorder, but did not show enough benefit in related inattention and mood complications. BioMarin’s shares fell as much as 6 percent in early trading on Monday after the company…
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Illicit drugs? How Brexit risks legal limbo for medicines
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – A British vote to leave the European Union would threaten some prescription medicines with regulatory limbo, posing a legal headache for drugmakers, according to lawyers and industry officials. The highly regulated pharmaceutical sector has more at stake than most from a so-called Brexit, prompting top manufacturers GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca…