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...Orleans, Louisiana offered an example of the experiences she has shared with classmates in her health policy section. “We talked about people who are uninsured,” she said. “But I spent all my life uninsured. I could never visit a doctor, I had to go to the emergency room...
...Russian standards, the rescue operation was an unexpected success. Putin made the most of it, donning a white doctor's coat to visit freed hostages at a Moscow hospital. Yet for all the claims of victory Saturday, top Kremlin leaders must face up to the security failures that let the Chechen takeover happen in the first place. While it would be "untimely" to fire the country's security chiefs right now, a top Putin aide reportedly said, the President needs to take steps to ensure that such a terrifying event does not happen again in the middle of Moscow...
...Marijuana Policy Project, which is running Question 9 there. "The absurdity of its illegality has been clear to me for some time. I learned about pot from my kids and realized it was a lot better than Scotch, and I loved the Scotch. Then I went to my doctor, and he said, 'I'm thrilled. You're drinking too much. You're much better off doing pot than drinking...
Some Republicans, however, are ready to legalize medical marijuana. Texas Congressman Ron Paul, a doctor and onetime Libertarian Party presidential candidate, has been fighting for medical marijuana. "From a humanitarian standpoint, people should never be denied this kind of help," says Paul. But fellow Republican Hutchinson stands behind the decision to prosecute. "Why would they want to authorize behavior under state law that is still a violation of federal law?" he says. "It endangers a population, to me. It gives the green light on the one hand and a go-to-jail ticket on the other...
...American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation ended up bagging its annual golf tournament this year. The event, which would have been held this month in San Diego, used to draw big bucks from drug companies eager to talk shop with doctor-duffers. One year Pfizer served breakfast, Otsuka America brought lunch, Novartis supplied the golf carts, TAP Pharmaceutical stocked the beverage cart and nine other drugmakers each sponsored a hole or two. But these days no one is willing to give or take so much as a logo-stamped golf ball...