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Great Falls Woman Pleads Guilty to Allowing Baby to Ingest Meth

Cole — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:59:23 +0000

A Great Falls woman was smart enough to take her child to the Benefis Hospital after the 9 month old began acting strangely, but only after she allowed him to indgest methamphetamine.

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Marijuana Provider Reaches Post-Conviction Plea Deal

Associated Press — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:03:15 +0000

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A medical marijuana provider facing more than 80 years in prison and the forfeiture of $1.7 million has reached a post-conviction plea agreement that dismisses six of eight drug-related convictions as long as Chris Williams agrees not to appeal.

The agreement was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Helena.

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Smarter Kids May Be Experimenting More with Drugs — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:30:45 +0000

A new study of 8,000 kids published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health finds those who had high IQs were more likely to use certain illicit drugs as they aged. Smarter girls in particular may tend to experiment with marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs later on.

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Can New Drug Reverse the Effects of Hereditary Blindness?

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:00:55 +0000

While researchers are reluctant to call idebenone a cure for blindness, the drug has restored the vision of some people who suffer from hereditary blindness in a recent clinical study.

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Could Expiring Drug Patents Mean You'll Save a Fortune?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:12:49 +0000

An unprecedented wave of drug patent expirations in the next year will usher in generics that will dramatically reduce the prices of some of world’s best-selling medications, including cholesterol drug Lipitor and blood thinner Plavix. Other drugs used to treat conditions such as asthma, diabetes, HIV and depression will also be affected.

“My estimation is at least 15 percent of the population is currently using one of the drugs whose patents will expire in 2011 or 2012,” says Joel Owerbach, chief pharmacy officer for Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, which serves most of upstate New York.

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