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Legalization of medical marijuana 'has not increased use in adolescents'
Many have expressed concern that the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes makes the drug both more accessible and acceptable to teenagers. However, a new study states that there is no evidence that such legislation leads to increased use in …
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US outbreak of measles emerges
Since the beginning of January, “We identified a cluster of measles cases,” says Gil Chavez. He's California's state epidemiologist. And the only thing they had in common, he says, was “a December visit to Disney theme parks.” Tracing a disease to its …
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DX toronto presents 3DXL – a large-scale 3D printing experience
the DX | design exchange in toronto brings forth some of the world's most innovative and challenging 3D printing projects realized across a range of fields — from design to science to architectural construction — in an exhibition entitled '3DXL …
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In this era of nearly ubiquitous cell phones, Amateur Radio still offers a way to summon help in an emergency. Ron Smith, N1PXX, of Marshfield, Massachusetts, is living proof. Over Memorial Day weekend, on May 24, Smith, who’s in his 60s, broke in on a conversation on the N1ZIZ 146.685 MHz repeater in Plymouth to say he was having a medical problem.

“Ron had pulled over on the highway and was ha…

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