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The midterm election Nov. 5 has lighted up the issue even more. While control of the House hangs in the balance and the race for the Senate is a DEAd heat, the political trend for marijuana is clear: support is gaining. The most interesting battles on the November ballot are...
Among the biggest pro-pot players, medical marijuana was actually kind of a ruse. Sure, there are sick people who really feel they need marijuana to numb pain, relieve the eye pressure of glaucoma, calm muscle spasms or get the munchies to help with AIDS wasting (see following story). But...
Over the past five years, drug companies have doubled promotional spending, to $19 billion. Half that money goes toward free samples, and nearly a third is spent pitching those pills to physicians at work or after hours. And--surprise!--studies show that doctors who spend more time with drug reps...
To many, the President's aloofness comes as no surprise. "Mega is Mega," sighs Arbi Sanit, a professor of political science at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. "Expecting more than what she has done is like expecting a horse to have horns."
Germany has been awash in red ink this year, and no sector has been flooded worse - and with potentially greater consequences - than the banks. Last week Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest and considered its strongest, posted a surprise third-quarter, pre-tax loss of [EURO] 181 million, down from a...