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News about the United States by Reuters.
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Regarding driving, some recent research found that kids are more likely to drive after marijuana use than alcohol use. Here's the Reuters Health story. -
Lots of debate about driving and marijuana, but in Washington the numbers show more incidents of testing positive -
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Reader comment: The government should allow the process of Studying the benefits of medical Cannabis. The US government holds patents on the use of Cannabis for medical purposes. So there must be some good medically that can be found in Cannabis.
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In case you haven't read Maureen Dowd's piece in the NY Times from June
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The author of Washington state's marijuana law suggested an interesting way to monitor the use of marijuana. Here's the link to Reuters story.
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As the panel begins, it's important to remember how broadly the effects of marijuana legalization reach. For example, the business of selling marijuana is still illegal under U.S. federal law. Big banks are wary of dealing with smaller banks dealing with marijuana transactions. They've asked for clarity. Here's a story on Reuters.com about it:
Big U.S. banks seek new clarity on risks of marijuana-linked accounts
ReutersST. LOUIS, Aug. 28 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - Major banksare getting increasingly wary of some transactions with smallerbanks that have begun to allow marijuana businesses to openaccounts. Officials -
In the debate on legalizing marijuana, U.N. anti-drugs chief takes a stand -
And not just in the U.S. This story ran out of the U.K. earlier today
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Reuters has been covering issues around the legalization of marijuana
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Looking forward to this getting started. We'll be hearing from some great speakers today: J. Skyler McKinley, Deputy Director of Marijuana Coordination for the State of Colorado; Jim Doyle, Former Governor and Former Attorney General in Wisconsin; Jeffrey Miron, Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University;
A. Eden Evins, Director of Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Addiction Medicine and
Igor Grant, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine -
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He also told the First Lady, "If I'm in the WH and there's a plane coming my way, all I can say is I hope I read my Bible that day."by Ari Fleischer via twitter 9/11/2014 11:16:01 PM
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4:30 Pres. Bush called Mrs. Bush. "I'm coming home...see you at the White House."by Ari Fleischer via twitter 9/11/2014 11:15:15 PM
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Both reports "resolved themselves". Either the planes turned around or it was a false report. There were many false reports that day.by Ari Fleischer via twitter 9/11/2014 11:14:50 PM
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At Offut, we got reports of 2 flights from abroad heading 4 US, despite US airspace being closed. We wondered if another attack was coming.by Ari Fleischer via twitter 9/11/2014 11:14:17 PM
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3:10 We landed at Offut Air Force Base & parked next to a Doomsday plane. They used to be in the sky 24/7 to order nuke strikes if needed.by Ari Fleischer via twitter 9/11/2014 11:10:54 PM
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Bush also called Giuliani to praise his response. He warned of a possible second wave - an issue that drove many of Bush's later decisions.by Ari Fleischer via twitter 9/11/2014 11:10:23 PM
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Bush: "I want to go back home ASAP."
Eddie: "Our peole are saying it's too unsteady still."
Bush: "Cheney says not safe yet as well."by Ari Fleischer via twitter 9/11/2014 11:07:36 PM -
Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer has been tweeting his personal account of 9/11 today. A few excerpts follow here, but read his whole feed here: twitter.com
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"We will ultimately destroy ISIL": Obama
Reuters"We will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists," said President Obama, laying out a strategy for destroying Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). -
So he has some explaining to do. In one way, his reluctant-warrior stance helps. Nobody can accuse him of rushing into battle. It also helps that Islamic State, the new threat, is an unusually clarifying kind of opponent: ambitious, organized, implacable and savage. There's not much ambiguity about Islamic State.
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Bill to fund U.S. government ensnared in debate about Islamic State
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has asked the U.S. Congress to authorize American aid for rebel groups fighting the Islamic State militants in Syria as part of a stop-gap funding bill that -
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No "i", just "Apple Watch." Tim Cook showing it's a new era for #AAPL (or at least, for its branding). #AppleLiveby Christina Farr via twitter 9/9/2014 6:05:44 PM
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When you turn the digital crown it zooms in and out. When you have a list, you can scroll through the list.by AlexeiReuters via twitter 9/9/2014 6:04:41 PM -
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Tim Cook: What we didn’t do is take the iphone and shrink the user interface and strap it on your wristby AlexeiReuters via twitter 9/9/2014 6:03:33 PM
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Tim Cook on new Apple watch: It’s synchronized with the universal time standard and it’s accurate within plus or minus 50 millisecondsby AlexeiReuters via twitter 9/9/2014 6:02:48 PM
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It is the next chapter in Apple's story + here it is. Tim Cook, you are making us very nervous! #appleliveby Christina Farr via twitter 9/9/2014 5:58:56 PM
Hong Kong protesters gather at mob-attack subway as bank warns of economic fallout
HONG KONG A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China itself as demonstrators began to gather for a sit-in at the subway site of a mid-summer mob attack.