Pot Decriminalization Bill Advances in Senate

Published March 13, 2014

Pot decriminalization bill advances in Senate
In addition to the fine, a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense could be sent by a judge to a drug treatment and education program approved by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The bill also forces juveniles caught …
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How to Measure Heroin Use When No One Will Admit to Using Heroin
Unlike marijuana, alcohol, or tobacco users, who are generally forthcoming about the frequency and quantity of their consumption, users of heroin (as well as cocaine and methamphetamines, though neither of those drugs has a comparable death toll) are …
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Heroin, cocaine-related deaths increasing in Connecticut
In 2012, Connecticut passed a law allowing health care providers to prescribe medication capable of reversing an opioid overdose to anyone to help a person experiencing an overdose without being civilly or criminally liable for the prescription …
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