HEALTH:  Medical Use of Marijuana Divides Italy
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MILAN, Dec 8 (TierramÃ©rica) - In Italy just 10 ill people have authorisation to  use marijuana as therapy against pain. But that number could grow  in the coming months if parliament approves a law for using this  usually illegal plant for medical purposes.
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British and French pharmaceutical companies are racing ahead of their U.S. counterparts to develop new drugs containing marijuana to relieve pain and treat a wide range of illnesses because marijuana is illegal in the United States, scientific researchers said on Wednesday.
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People like to make jokes about using marijuana for &quot;medical&quot; reasons, but for patients who are suffering from certain ailments, there&#39;s nothing funny about it.
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Cocaina e marijuana "piuttosto pura" proveniva dall'esteroUdienza dal giudice per la convalida del fermo                                                  Perugia, manette al parroco In casa mezzo chilo di droga
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Seriously ill people should be allowed to smoke marijuana if it is recommended by their doctors. We hope the US Supreme Court agrees and decides that patients in Maine and 10 other states with medical marijuana laws can get around the federal ban on pot.
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Time was when marijuana use prompted easy political stereotypes - liberals for, conservatives against. Not anymore. Conservatives of different stripes are likely to have warring views on the case the Supreme
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Swiss teenagers smoke more cannabis than their peers in every other European country, a survey said Thursday, casting a pall over the country's prim and wholesome image.
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ROME -- Smokers in Italy took their last puffs in bars and trattorias yesterday, hours before the start of one of Europe's toughest laws against smoking in public places.
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Il 30 Settembre 2004, lâindustria farmaceutica Merck &amp; Co ha ritirato dal commercio il Vioxx (nome commerciale del principio attivo rofecoxib) a causa dei risultati di uno studio clinico che hanno messo in evidenza, in seguito a trattamenti prolungati
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Growing alcohol consumption is creating an alien drinking and "lager-lout" culture among the young in Italy, medical experts have warned.
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Some people claim the plant called Cannabis sativa, also sometimes called Cannabis indica, &quot;marijuana&quot; or just &quot;pot,&quot; has medicinal value.
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In a bold venture that puts Spain at the forefront of the medical use of cannabis in Europe, 60 pharmacies and four hospitals in Catalonia are to prescribe marijuana for therapeutic use where other treatments ...
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Arizona is not a friendly state for medical marijuana users despite two successful voter initiatives. And a pending US Supreme Court ruling on pot for the chronically ill isn&#39;t likely to change things.
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La medicina tradizionale fa passi da gigante, eppure in Italia oltre il 32% della popolazione Ã¨ orientata verso le nuove terapie. Ad indagare su questo fenomeno sarÃ  un sondaggio online promosso nell&#39;ambito
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Showtime, the home of  the pot-headed but suburban-neat "Weeds," finds itself trapped  in a true-life reefer madness. It's airing a medical marijuana  documentary that argues both sides of the nasty issue, though  its title, "In Pot We Trust," reveals its unfair and imbalanced  point of view.
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WASHINGTON -- The use of marijuana and other illicit drugs declined slightly among teenagers in 2004, but dangerous inhalants and the highly addictive prescription painkiller Oxycontin are becoming more popular, a new national drug survey says.
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