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Despite opposition from law enforcement agencies and several health organizations, voters in Michigan passed a measure that will allow patients who suffer from "debilitating medical conditions" to use marijuana for medical purposes with their physician's approval. The decision, which passed with 63% of the vote, makes Michigan the 13th U.S. state - and first state in the Midwest - to legalize medical marijuana...
...Physician-Assisted Suicide...
...with Dignity" act in the days leading up the Nov. 4 election, the measure, referred to by opponents as "assisted suicide," was passed with more than 50% of the vote in Washington state on Tuesday. The approval makes Washington the second state in the U.S., after Oregon, to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. The law permits individuals who have been given less than six months to live by medical professionals to request - and self-administer - a lethal dose of medicine prescribed by a physician...
...defended by the central government, according to the Web site. “The war may appear to have ceased, but it will cost us more to restore the hope and happiness that used to take place in this nation” said Julian J. Atim, a Ugandan physician and human rights activist. Speaking to the crowd assembled in Boston Common after the walk, Atim said that students could help the cause simply by making phone calls and forwarding e-mails, even without attending events like the GuluWalk...
...native of Pittsburgh, Cai was an aspiring physician active in campus science and pre-medical groups. In addition to his academic pursuits, Cai was an accomplished violinist who played for the Mozart Society Orchestra and an English-language tutor for the Phillips Brooks House Association's Chinatown tutoring program...