South Carolina Lawmakers Add Marijuana Access To Investigational Drug Bill As House Considers Broader Reform – Marijuana Moment
A South Carolina bill to permit the use of investigational drugs for patients during epidemic or pandemic outbreaks was amended on Wednesday to specifically add marijuana as a treatment option. This comes about a month after the state Senate approved a separate, broader medical cannabis legalization bill that’s set to be taken up by the House of Representatives. The Health and Environmental Affairs Subcommittee of the House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee held a hearing on the investigational drug bill from Rep. Melissa Lackey Oremus (R) on Wednesday. And while time constraints meant that members were not able…
Read More »Model Guinevere van Seenus Becomes A Photographer – The New York Times
Her world outside of the industry was diminishing. She said: “I never wanted to say no to work. I was really lucky. Every time Paolo Roversi or Craig McDean or Steven Meisel would call, it would be a yes for sure. And then, runway shows take up a good portion of the year, and pretty soon you’re working Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving, not seeing your family.” She paused. “Yeah, I didn’t pace myself very well.” Ms. van Seenus began experiencing crippling anxiety and depression. It got so bad that she couldn’t get out of bed. “It stopped my life…
Read More »New Police Drug Policy Approved; Cops May Not… – New Haven Independent
Capt. Zannelli: New policy in line with state mandates. Police commissioners unanimously signed off on a new alcohol and drug policy that adds anabolic steroids to its list of prohibited substances, and that maintains a departmental ban on marijuana use — even though the state has newly legalized recreational cannabis. That was the outcome of Tuesday night’s latest monthly meeting of the city’s Board of Police Commissioners. The virtual meeting took place online via Zoom. The police commissioners voted unanimously in support of adopting a new, revised version of New Haven Police Department General Order 2.05: Alcohol And Drug Policy. Once signed into place by Interim Police…
Read More »Catholic Church Against Cannabis Legalization in Minnesota
The Bible is life’s skeleton key: a document that, in the right (or wrong) hands, can be useful for justifying (or condemning) just about anything. That latest interpretation of divine will is why the Catholic Church opposes marijuana legalization in Minnesota. Last year, with support from Gov. Tim Walz, a legalization bill passed the Democratic Party-controlled state House. Getting through the Republican majority state Senate will require support from reluctant Republicans—and will have to survive opposition from a coalition called Minnesotans Against Marijuana Legalization, which consists of the state police officers’ union, truckers and the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), the Church’s policy shop. Special…
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School of Pharmacy Alumni Awards 2022 – UConn Today – UConn
On February 26 the UConn School of Pharmacy celebrated pharmacy alumni through the 2022 UConn Pharmacy Alumni Awards event, this year held online. “Like so many before them, these alums have demonstrated remarkable achievements and are outstanding representatives of our school” said Mary Inguanti, President of the UConn Pharmacy Alumni Association. “The awardees, each very accomplished, have been recognized based on nominations received by the association.” The following copy is excerpted from the Alumni Awards script: Colleen Teevan, Pharm.D. – Tradition of Excellence Award Colleen Teevan is a member of the UConn Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2010. While at…
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Pennington Chooses a winner in the retail cannabis race – MercerMe
Pennington Borough Council met last week to hear applications from businesses seeking a Resolution of Support to operate a retail cannabis business. Three businesses vied for Council approval to secure the only retail cannabis license Pennington will issue: Jersey Meds, Fine Fettle, and Cannique. The Council stated their decision would be announced at the regular meeting Monday, March 7. Jersey Meds owns, and has operated for many years, the Jersey Meds CBD Store, 31 Smoke & Vape, and the Lukoil and BP gas stations, all located on the Pennington Circle. Fine Fettle is a cannabis company currently operating dispensaries in…
Read More »Heartland Hospitals in U.S. Face Wipeout With 800 at Risk of Shutdown – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Pummeled by the pandemic, at least 40% of rural U.S. hospitals are in danger of shutting down and leaving millions of people in smaller and less affluent communities without a nearby emergency and critical care facility. Most Read from Bloomberg That’s the conclusion of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, whose recent study sees 500 hospitals at immediate risk for closing within two years and more than 300 others at high risk within five years. The grim assessment by the policy center found the problems spread across the country, and that the threats will persist even…
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Let’s Legalize America! – Norml
Since our founding in 1970, we’ve had one primary goal: to LEGALIZE America. With your support, we have been able to successfully fight back against our nation’s failed policy of marijuana prohibition. Colorado and Washington became the first states to approve marijuana legalization in 2012. Now we now have a total of 18 states (and DC!) that have ended the practice of criminalizing adult marijuana consumers and, instead, have implemented regulated retail sales. In 2021 alone, we added five new states: New Jersey, New York, Virginia, New Mexico, and Connecticut. At the beginning of this year, we told you that…
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