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They complain that the referendum as written would permit almost anyone to buy marijuana. For one thing it would apply to patients suffering from "any" ailment for which marijuana provides relief, without specifying which complaints that would cover. As a picture of things to come, the opponents point to the Cannabis Buyers' Club in San Francisco, founded in 1991, which at one time claimed 12,000 members. Until Aug. 4, when state narcotics agents raided and closed down the club, it sold pot to anyone who was desperately ill. And maybe to other people. Police say that during...
RECOVERING. POPE JOHN PAUL II, 76; from an appendectomy; in Rome. Doctors said they found no sign of any serious ailment during the surgery...
...want to change jobs but fear you won't qualify for new health insurance because you have a chronic ailment? Not to worry. Under the health-insurance reform bill Congress passed last week, medical insurance could become as portable as a briefcase. The election-year measure, which the President says he will sign, guarantees that workers who have health insurance can obtain immediate coverage after a change of jobs--even if they suffer from heart disease or other long-term conditions. Insurance companies will be required to provide coverage to new employees within 12 months. The bill also requires insurers...
...elected Zyuganov. But they really voted for the lesser of two evils," says TIME's Bruce Nelan. For Yeltsin, the chief problem is his rapidly failing health. While a smiling, confident Yeltsin cast his ballot from a rest home outside Moscow, rumors that he continues to suffer a heart ailment persist. But for today, anyway, the Russian president was in full campaign mode, reminding Russians to get out and vote. A high voter turnout, which in many areas ran between 60 and 65 percent, was considered vital for Yeltsin's reelection. A smaller turnout would have helped Zyuganov...
...ailment was first detected in Pennsylvania in 1958--imported, scientists believe, in a shipment of trout fillets from Denmark--and has since turned up in 20 other states. Not all trout are susceptible. Brown trout show signs of infection but seem to be weathering it, and fishing for browns is still good in most streams. For some reason the rainbows of the Rockies, which breed in cold mountain water and create the wild-trout populations so valued by anglers, are especially vulnerable...