Carson City, NV-(ENEWSPF)- Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill into law Wednesday that will establish a state-regulated system of dispensaries to provide medical marijuana to licensed patients. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the Las Vegas Police Protective Association, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office supported the measure. “We applaud[Read More…]

Concord, NH-(ENEWSPF)- New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan announced Tuesday that she intends to sign a bill that will allow state residents with serious illnesses, such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, and HIV/AIDS, to obtain and use medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it. The governor’s press release is available at here. "We[Read More…]

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013 –  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging people to prepare for extreme heat this summer by staying cool, hydrated, and informed.  “No one should die from a heat wave, but every year on average, extreme heat causes 658 deaths in the United[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Recent preclinical studies published over the past several weeks provide further evidence that cannabinoids are both neuroprotective and cardioprotective. A May 30th blog post on the website Science20.com sums up new findings from Israel regarding the ability of low doses[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013.  Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck today announced the Illinois State Cancer Registry has received gold certification from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries for its 2010 data. This marks the 15th consecutive year Illinois has received this honor. Only those registries[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has to immediately comply with U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman’s court order to make two-pill versions of levonorgestrel-based emergency contraception available without a prescription and without point-of-sale or age restrictions, according to an order from the 2nd Circuit Court[Read More…]

The protrusion of a neuron without Dscam protein (green) and that of a neuron with an abnormally high level of Dscam protein (red). The protrusions are overlaid on the fruitfly’s equivalent of the human spinal cord (blue). Image credit: Xin Wang ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013.  University of Michigan researchers have[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013.  While spring is finally here, students in Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy won’t forget the passing flu season anytime soon. Sickening hundreds of thousands and sending record numbers of people to hospitals, this year’s epidemic was fought on many fronts in the Chicago area by Illinois pharmacists[Read More…]

New Law Encourages Calling 911 in the Event of an Overdose By Providing Immunity for Drug and Alcohol Offenses When Medical Assistance is Sought Family Members and Friends Can Now Receive Prescription for Life-Saving Drug Naloxone To Administer to Opioid Overdose Victims VERMONT–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013.  Today, two critical Vermont bills[Read More…]

A mutant zebrafish embryo shows a weakened muscle. Zebrafish embryos swim, which immediately reveals weakened muscles caused by the mutant gene immediately, and in this case the muscles don’t contract. Photo courtesy of Drs. Christine and Bernard Thisse, University of Virginia School of Medicine ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2013.  Zebrafish with[Read More…]