Marijuana Off Limits in WA to Military

Filed under: Drug Abuse Oregon

The Army Recruiting Command does not track enlistees who admit past drug use, a spokesman said. Last year, 2,039 people from Washington, Alaska and parts of Oregon and Idaho joined the Army. Of those, nine enlistees subsequently tested positive for …
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Lane County DA's Office reports on Chaney's arrest shortly before murders;

Filed under: Drug Abuse Oregon

Initially associated with all-night parties that made the drug popular with young adults, the types of users now are more diverse, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Chaney denied that the pills were his. He told the officers the guns …
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Sid Salter: Not all Mississippi legislative success stories are popular at first

Filed under: Drug Abuse Oregon

What helped turned the tide in Missouri were local laws that required a prescription in order for customers to buy the decongestant drug pseudoephedrine – one of the primary ingredients for the drug that can be manufactured fairly easily in two-liter …
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Veterans push to smoke pot to ease PTSD, other ailments

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According to the advocacy group Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access, it's legal to smoke marijuana for PTSD in 11 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Twenty …
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