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Hartford -
The Connecticut Senate passed a bill early Saturday to legalize the use of medical marijuana. The new bill (recently passed by the House of Representatives) will impose very tight restrictions on cultivation and distribution of the controversial drug.
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Keene, NH - GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul rebuked the relationship between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the pharmaceutical industry during a press conference, stating that "the FDA and the drug companies are in bed together."
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Washington -
US Congress is investigating a series of actions by so-termed "fake pharmacies" which are buying up and stockpiling scarce drugs, including those to treat cancer, and the selling the drugs at massively elevated prices.
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Chatham -
A New Jersey pharmacy mistakenly filled prescriptions with a cancer drug instead of the prescribed chewable fluoride tablets.
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Washington -
A “diet pill” called Qnexa, which was previously rejected on safety grounds, has been granted safe passage through to the next review stage.
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The news that Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub with prescription drugs nearby has sparked speculations that the 48-year-old may have drowned in the bath after taking an overdose of relaxant drugs with alcohol.
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The drugs giant Pfizer has pulled over a million mixed-up oral contraceptive pills from the market after a processing error at a pharmaceutical factory.
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Pakistani authorities have closed a drug factory alleged to have made faulty heart medicine that killed over 100 patients. The closure was announced on February, 2.
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The Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has recalled a painkiller medicine from the market: Excedrin, a migraine treatment, from sale in South Africa. This follows an earlier recall of the same medicine in the US.
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The pharmaceutical company Novartis is under investigation by the European Union following the deaths of 11 patients who took the drug Gilenya.
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Report likely to reveal if prescription drugs contributed to singer's death.
Overseas counterfeiters fake prescription drugs.
The websites seem so simple, so inviting – buy prescription diet pills or sleep-aids without a prescription – but could be a trap.
 Illegal internet pharmacies are selling illicit drugs and prescription medicines online and are increasingly targeting young people, a UN drug agency warns.
 Scientists, medical professionals and others trying to battle prescription drug misuse across Canada face an immediate problem: No one can say how many Canadians die from overdoses each year.
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