- Amber Wheat | March 25, 2009 2:42 PM | Chico, CA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
This has kind of become a pet issue of mine. Medical marijuana is legal in California, but under federal law, possession and sale of marijuana is illegal. Under the Bush administration, violators of...
- Barbara Burks | February 24, 2009 6:15 PM | Chico, CA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The FDA is a strange best. Sometimes people have a hard time understanding their motives, as many of you may know from my assistant’s previous posts on the FDA. One thing that I know they are...
- Amber Wheat | December 18, 2008 4:19 PM | Sacramento, CA
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Miscellaneous
Since 1996, medicinal use of marijuana for certain medical cases has been legal in California. In 2003, the state decided that ID cards should be issued on the county level to identify patients who...
- Amber Wheat | March 04, 2009 5:53 PM | Sacramento, CA
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Miscellaneous
Yesterday, MSNBC reported on a study by the National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurement. The report stated that Americans are exposed to seven times the radiation that they were in...
- Amber Wheat | February 25, 2009 2:41 PM | Chico, CA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Tom Ammiano introduced a proposal on Monday to legalize marijuana and tax it. He wants the legal age to partake in marijuana to be the same as alcohol, 21 years. The proposal asks for a tax of $50...
- Amber Wheat | September 25, 2008 4:11 PM | Sacramento, CA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for a wide range of products, but the one people think of most often is prescription drugs. As I said in my earlier post, the FDA was originally...